International Clinical Engineering Workshop, Pune, 2011

PLAMAHS and the art of management

How to get the best out of both people and healthcare technology

Rob Parsonsrparsons@healthpartners-int.co.uk

Each slide has notes attached, going into detail about the topic of the slide.

Health Partners International

Partnership

Health systems and management

Practical

PLAMAHS

Planning

Implementation

Consistency

The “How To Manage” guides

Effectiveness

Reliability

Comprehensiveness

What managers do

Lots of things. But mostly

know things

create information

shepherd

solve problems

lead

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Everybody manages

Getting people together to achieve desired goals

What managers don't take

things for granted

no for an answer (but see Attila the Hun)

people in vain

adversity lying down

Action cards

Keep It Simple, Stupid

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P-heavy – full grown

P-web – still growing

P-lite – full grown, but

smaller

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Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish...

… and he sits in a boat drinking beer all day long

Establish a sense of urgencyForm a powerful coalitionCreate a visionCommunicate the visionEmpower others to act on the visionPlan for and create short-term winsConsolidate improvements and producing still more changeInstitutionalise new approaches

Only engage in wars you can win

Pick your enemies wisely

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