1Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, DMI – St. John the Baptist University, Mangochi, Malawi, Central Africa
*Email id: drdirajan@gmail.com
This survey based on descriptive research aims at identifying and differentiating training needs of the managers working in both paramedical and non-medical departments. The sample of this study is the manager belonging to paramedical department and non-medical department. The study has examined leadership, interpersonal relationship, patient, superior and management and personality-related factors to understand training needs of the managers working in both paramedical and non-medical departments. The study has administered both stratified random sampling and judgement sampling techniques. The subject has been stratified into both paramedical and non-medical departments using stratified random sampling. From each stratum 60 respondents have been sampled using the judgement sampling technique. Thus, a total of 120 samples have been sampled for the study from both stratums. The results of the study indicated that leadership and superior and management-related factors have been commonly experienced by the managers working in both paramedical and non-medical departments. The dimensions, interpersonal relationship and personality-related factors have highly been experienced by the managers working in non-medical departments than paramedical departments. Patient-related factor has highly been experienced by the managers working in paramedical department than non-medical department.
Manager, Non-medical, Paramedical, Patient, Private hospital, Training need, Tirunelveli City