the relationship between managers competency and efficiency in teaching hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences

abstract: background: when organization managed by experienced, competent and well performed managers, the organization will be succeeded in achieving their goals and it will be more effective. objective: this study was designed with the purpose of determining the relationship between managers competency and hospital efficiency in teaching hospital of tehran university of medical sciences during spring and summer of 2010. methods: this study was correlational research. population included all managers of teaching of tehran university of medical sciences, in which seven hospitals were selected as sample size by random sampling method. tool of collecting data was standard questionnaire of brown company which design according to 360 degree feedback model. this method was designed for surveying general competency of managers and included 63 question which draw up in eight parts with likert 5 degree scale. 63 questionnaires were distributed between managers, supervisors, peers and subordinates of managers in the hospitals by the researchers. also, for collecting data in the field of efficiency three indicators including inpatient bed occupancy ratio, average length of stay and bed turnover rate were received from the statistic department and medical records unit. descriptive statistic and inferential statistic by spss software was used for analyzing data. finding: in term of term work. the managers had the most potential and in the term of programming concerning competency they had the least potential. there was meaningless relation between the competency of managers and average length of stay and bed turnover rate, but there was significant relation between competency of managers and bed occupancy ratio. conclusion: according to the findings of this study, there was significant relation between competency of managers and bed occupancy ratio, therefore providing continuous special teaching program can tend to significant promotion of hospital managers.