1Research Scholar, Faculty of Management Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
3Associate Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India
4Professor & HOD, Department of Hospital Administration, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, India
5Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Online published on 9 January, 2019.
Sustainable development(SD) practices has been adopted by organizations from various sectors to improve their socio-environmental performance. This is because, these days improved socio-environmental performance is key to ensure sustainability in long and gain competitive advantage. Hence, the health care industries are also trying to exploit the benefits of SD practices. SD policies stress on incorporation of sustainability concepts on every stage of organizational activities starting from procurement to disposal of waste. Success of implementation of SD practices in any industry depends on how efficiently it identifies the factors influencing it, their interdependence and degree of influence on SD practices. This study explore the influential pressures of sustainability practices in management of waste in health care sector. Grey relational approach(GRA) is used to prioritize these factors according to their degree of influence on health care waste management (HCWM) practices.
HCWM, Enablers of HCWM, GRA, SD
