FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
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EXCO APPROVES PROPOSED TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
*
THE
FUTURE HOSPITAL
THE PROPOSED TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY (HA) HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
RECOMMENDED
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
BY THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (PHA),
AT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
INITIAL TWO YEARS OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT LEVEL OF THE HA DURING ITS OPERATION, EACH REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE HA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
"A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND
DELIVERY OF
FOR PLANNING AND PERSONNEL,
"A CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THE
OF
SERVICES,
"A SECRETARY GENERAL WILL BE SERVING THE HA AND ITS AND DEALING WITH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.'
THE
COMMITTEES HE SAID.
APPOINT A CHIEF "DURING THESE INITIAL TWO YEARS, HA WILL NOT
OF THE HA'S
HA'S EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE TO TAKE OVERALL CHARGE
FUNCTIONS. WILL REPORT DIRECTLY ΤΟ THE INSTEAD, THE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
CLOSE SUPERVISION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HA. WHICH WILL EXERCISE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. ON THEIR WORK AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY GUIDANCE, "
IN
FORMATIVE
DISTINCT ADVANTAGES "THE PHA BELIEVES THAT THERE WOULD BE HAVING A COMMITTEE-LED MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE DURING THE HA'S YEARS.
"THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD ENABLE THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF
IN THEIR COLLECTIVE WISDOM то HA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PLAN DIRECT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THESE CRUCIAL YEARS, RATHER THAN LEAVING THAT TO A SINGLE PERSON.
THE
AND
DURING
"IT
WILL.
ALSO ENABLE
THE
STRUCTURE TO BE PUT IN PLACE MORE QUICKLY,
"WITH THE
HA'S
EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY'S
SENIOR MANAGEMENT THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
COMMITTEE
TAKING
DIRECT
NOT ANY
UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING THE WORK OF THE AUTHORITY, PHA DOES
OF ABSENCE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD ENVISAGE THAT THE
A SERIOUS MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.
"THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WOULD REVIEW THIS MANAGEMENT
VIEW TO MOVING WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ITS FORMATION WITH A CHIEF EXECUTIVE LED SYSTEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
CAUSE
STRUCTURE TOWARDS
A
BE WELL ESTABLISHED, "BY THEN, THE MANAGEMENT REFORMS SHOULD
ΤΟ PLAY AND IT WOULD THEN BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO
A CHIEF APPOINT A LESS ACTIVE ROLE AND THE HA SPOKESMAN ADDED.
EXECUTIVE,"
THE
/"THE PHA