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Effects of Volume and Product Flexibilities on Hospital's Performance

수량 및 제품유연성이 의료조직의 성과에 미치는 영향

  • 박보영 (숙명여자대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 손병규 (숙명여자대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2011.02.11
  • Accepted : 2011.03.03
  • Published : 2011.03.28
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Abstract

Previous research on the management of health care organization has heavily focused on health care quality and operational efficiency, whereas this research deals with flexibility, an important strategic priority in the field of operations management. Particularly, this research analyzes the effects that internal and external resources of volume and product flexibilities have on the organization's financial performance. Survey data from various types of sampled domestic hospitals have been collected using the developed questionnaire and analyzed with a regression model. The results show that volume flexibility based on internal resources has not only main effects but also interaction effects with internal and external resources of product flexibility. However, volume flexibility based on external resources is not shown to have any effect on performance. The explanation and managerial implications from the results are discussed.

의료조직 경영에 대한 기존의 연구들은 의료서비스의 품질 혹은 운영의 효율성을 위한 연구에 집중된 반면에 본 연구는 조직운영의 중요한 전략적 요소인 유연성이 의료조직의 경영에 어떠한 영향이 있는지를 연구하였다. 특히 의료조직의 수량유연성과 제품유연성을 대상으로 이들 유연성의 원천이 되는 내부 및 외부 자원의 활용이 조직의 재무적 성과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 국내 병원들을 대상으로 표본을 추출하였고, 설계된 설문지를 이용하여 연구변수들의 측정 자료를 수집하였다. 연구변수들의 관계를 가정한 가설을 검정하기 위하여 회귀모형을 수립하고 분석한 결과 내부자원에 기반한 수량유연성이 성과에 직접적으로 영향을 줄 뿐 아니라 제품유연성의 내부자원 및 외부자원의 활용과 상호작용을 통해서도 성과에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 외부자원에 의한 수량유연성은 조직성과에 유의적인 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이들 분석결과에 대한 설명과 관리적 시사점을 논의하였다.

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