Korle Bu Teaching Hospital management develops strategic plan
The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has undertaken a three-day consensus building retreat to develop a new strategic plan for the hospital.
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The retreat brought together the managers of the 14 departments of the hospital to deliberate on how to chart a new course and agenda for the nation’s premier health facility for the years ahead.
The retreat, the first of its kind in the history of the hospital, offered participants the platform to deliberate on the successes of and the challenges facing the facility and how to adopt innovative ways to improve upon its fortunes.
It also offered them the opportunity to voice out their concerns and worries to the board and the entire management in order to find lasting solutions to them.
Resource persons included Professor Stephen Adei, a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA); Prof. John Ahetor, a senior associate consultant for Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC); Dr Edward Kwapong, an HR practitioner, and Mrs Bridget Katsriku, the Chair of the Public Services Commission (PSC).
Individual performance
In his presentation, a Commissioner at the PSC, Mr Allotey Robertson, charged managers of the various departments to closely monitor and evaluate individual performances.
He observed that in many institutions, managers usually did not evaluate the performance of their subordinates individually.
“In Ghana, most managers tend to give every worker a satisfactory mark, which should not be the case. Every worker must be closely monitored and evaluated separately to know those doing well and those who are lagging behind,” he said.
Scaling-up activities
In an interview, the Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Gilbert Buckle, said the hospital was scaling-up its activities to enhance its development in the years ahead.
That, he said, informed management’s decision to organise the programme to be able to plan for the years ahead and bring out a strategic plan which would serve as a reference point for all staff.
The Board Chairman, Prof. Anthony Mawuli Sallar, indicated that the hospital would address the communication gap between the management and the staff.