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dc.contributor.authorHonegger, Franziska-
dc.contributor.authorMäder, Melanie-
dc.contributor.authorWattenhofer, Dominik-
dc.contributor.authorHofer, Susanne-
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-29T14:04:44Z-
dc.date.available2018-05-29T14:04:44Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/6218-
dc.description.abstractBackground: In Switzerland, hospitals are now forced to improve their cost transparency to deal with a tightening financial environment. To meet this environment, Facility Management (FM) departments need to be set up organizationally effective and efficient. So far there were no research results available that systematically looked at how these departments are set up. Purpose: This paper is about the research being applied to describe and compare the organizational structures of Swiss hospitals FM departments in relation to each other and to hospitals parameters such as number of beds and staff. Methodology: Mixed methods design within a traditional qualitative research design, underpinned by the pragmatism paradigm and a primarily inductive approach. The inquiry strategy was a mixed methods case study. Case study entity is the organizational structure of seven hospital FM departments. Data collection methods include literature and document research and semi-structured expert interviews with heads of the departments. Data was primarily analyzed thematically, aligned with descriptive statistics. Results: All of the departments are set up functionally. There are three to five hierarchy levels in the departments. The range of the number of total FM staff in relation to total hospital staff is broad between 8 and 25%. There is no significant correlation between hospital size and percentage of its FM staff. Conclusion: The research led to an initial systematic overview of the organizational structure of FM departments in Swiss hospitals. However the findings are limited to the small sample size of the case study. Nevertheless the results provide information of relevance for both practitioners and researchers. Unique value to the body of FM knowledge: It provides not only the results on a systematic look at how FM departments in Swiss hospitals are set up but also ab approved method to broaden the investigation of this relevant topic.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherInternational Facilities Management Associationde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subject.ddc362.11: Krankenhäuser und verwandte Einrichtungende_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.2: Facility Managementde_CH
dc.titleA systematic look at FM’s organizational structure in Swiss hospitalsde_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Paperde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementLife Sciences und Facility Managementde_CH
zhaw.conference.detailsIFMA Academic and Research (A&R) Track, San Diego, USA, 6 October 2016de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end42de_CH
zhaw.pages.start34de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewNot specifiedde_CH
zhaw.title.proceedingsIFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedingsde_CH
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Honegger, F., Mäder, M., Wattenhofer, D., & Hofer, S. (2016). A systematic look at FM’s organizational structure in Swiss hospitals [Conference paper]. IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings, 34–42.
Honegger, F. et al. (2016) ‘A systematic look at FM’s organizational structure in Swiss hospitals’, in IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings. International Facilities Management Association, pp. 34–42.
F. Honegger, M. Mäder, D. Wattenhofer, and S. Hofer, “A systematic look at FM’s organizational structure in Swiss hospitals,” in IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings, 2016, pp. 34–42.
HONEGGER, Franziska, Melanie MÄDER, Dominik WATTENHOFER und Susanne HOFER, 2016. A systematic look at FM’s organizational structure in Swiss hospitals. In: IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings. Conference paper. International Facilities Management Association. 2016. S. 34–42
Honegger, Franziska, Melanie Mäder, Dominik Wattenhofer, and Susanne Hofer. 2016. “A Systematic Look at FM’s Organizational Structure in Swiss Hospitals.” Conference paper. In IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings, 34–42. International Facilities Management Association.
Honegger, Franziska, et al. “A Systematic Look at FM’s Organizational Structure in Swiss Hospitals.” IFMA Academic and Research Track (A&R) Conference Proceedings, International Facilities Management Association, 2016, pp. 34–42.


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