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Performance management for competency improvement : a case study of a hospital in Myanmar

AuthorPale Sandar
Call NumberAIT RSPR no.SM-07-16
Subject(s)Hospitals--Myanmar--Personnel management

NoteA research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration in International Business
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractThe world is becoming far more competitive and volatile than ever before, causing firms to seek to gain competitive advantage whenever and wherever possible. As traditional sources and means such as capital, technology or location become less significant as a basis for competitive advantage, firms today strive to achieve the improvement of their performance while increasing the participation of employees by improving their competency. To achieve the target of the firm and enhance the performance of its workforce, effective human resource management policies and practices play the critical role in all industries. Performance management is recognized as a necessity in order to improve the performance of the individual employee and lead to the high organizational performance as well. As a result, it could be expected that every organizations and companies need to practice the effective performance management practices in order to improve the competency of their employees. This research explores tried to evaluate the effectiveness of current human resource management practices on the performance of the employees in a private hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. The results of this study confirm that overall human resource management practices are not too much systematic. Thus, in the final part of this research, proposed human resource practices for providing the platform to built an effective human resource policy that will enhance the performance of their employees resulting the improvement of the organizational performance. It is hoped that the results of this study would help the hospital management to improve the performance toward customer's satisfactions.
Year2007
TypeResearch Study Project Report (RSPR)
SchoolSchool of Management (SOM)
DepartmentOther Field of Studies (No Department)
Academic Program/FoSMaster of Business Administration (MBA) (Publication code=SM)
Chairperson(s)Swierczek, Fredric W.
Examination Committee(s)Sununta Siengthai;Zimmermann, Willi
Scholarship Donor(s)AIT Fellowship
DegreeResearch Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007


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