By Iqbal Memon, Additional Controller of Examinations, LUMHS Jamshoro, Sindh.
Leadership is just one of the many, but most important assets of any Institute. New Institutes and Universities in last 5 to 7 years have been stepping forward to adapt new technologies and contemporary developments. Such patterns are also found in organization, those are specific for learning of subjects relevant to Medical and Health sciences. But this flexibility and adaptableness is with new gadgets and equipments that are not enough as it only shows focus on material gain for the accomplishment of personal personnel ‘make the most of attitude’. On the other hand success of a flourishing organization in real sense is that it must possess quality leaders. To do that care must be taken in distinguishing between the two concepts that are one showing success of expansions and extensions of Physical entities; other is to provide strong leadership.
Leadership is just one essential component of the directing role for that a leader also needs formal authority to be successful. “To be effectual or for any quality initiative to take hold, senior management must be involved and it ought to act as a role model. This involvement cannot be delegated, merely “because the main aim of a manager is to take full advantage of the resources available to maximize the productivity of the organization through administrative implementation. To accomplish this, managers must undertake the following functions, planning, organizing, Leading (Delegating), controlling and for this senior management have got to realize, they have to provide adequate resources, passable empowerment and authority to relevant manager for him or her to put forth his authority through means of tough headship. In some circumstances, leadership may not be required. For example, self motivated groups may not necessitate a solitary leader and may find “cream of the crop” dominating. The fact that a leader is not always required proves that leadership is just an asset and is not indispensable as long as organization are successful are able to carry out their objectives.
Since, public sector organizations are lacking in quality and success as they fail to spot quality people because of non meritorious recruitment, or if they do find quality stuff then they are deficient in experience or perhaps commitment due to underprovided environment of progress. Although Medical Institutions have potential and their personnel are brilliantly capable accomplishing any given task as it shows their remarkable realization and triumph to transform those Medical Institutions from mere College altitude to University Heights in Government Sector. Establishing Degree awarding institutes in public sector is not a story, when you are up against so many odds and hard pressed probable issues, it requires lot of throbbing and patience to settle confronting questions. But it is said, nothing succeeds like success, now is time to maintain and improve through Positive ventures. One Constructive venture is, “Investment in people”,
Now, as Medical Universities have been established, its time to establish Quality with true candid rationalization and sincere keenness, that means no false piety and unworkable proposals, also simply no pretentiousness of red tape & unnecessary paperwork. Workforce simply requires an investment in training to develop their present knowledge & skills further. They require strong leadership to show them vision and smoothly sail them to accomplish the organizational objectives. One Major investment Area of Leaders is to improve the overall Functional capabilities of their subordinates i.e., to train them to particular relevance to their area of work.
Organizations striving for excellence and are determined to provide services of high-quality will understand that staff are crucial & decisive in the long run for the benefit & success of the organization, yet they are pricey resource to maintain and taken care of monetarily as well as they being vital component in Organization resources. As Faculty members are involved in core activities of teaching and research, magnitude of their importance shall be given added consideration. Although, Training of employees who are nub of the company has been recognized as a central role of Management since long. Importance and investment in the training of both central part of personnel and support workforce are considered as a major influence on the success of the company.
To dig up optimized contribution from Medical Institute employees, top hierarchy has to institute a vision, to comprehend it and accomplish the goals for which organization exists and on which organization’s existence & creditability depends, it is necessary to chalk out positive strategies to invest in training and guidance to sustain continuous work flow powerfully, professionally s proficiently.
Leadership technique and approach seem to drive organizational performance across a wide span of productions diligence, Private and public sectors and they appear to be a crucial link in the chain from leader to climate to company and organization success.
Climate reflects people’s sense of their ability to do their jobs well. Climate indicators include the degree of clarity in communication; the degree of employees’ flexibility in doing their jobs, ability to innovate, and ownership of and responsibility for their work; and the level of the performance standards set. (Litwin & Stringer, 1968; Tagiuri &
Litwin, 1968). —Source: The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace Edited by: Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman.
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