The importance of right person in the right place at the right time in private healthcare sector in Pakistan

Abstract

Right person in the right place at the right time is one of the most important key for an organization to get and sustain competitive advantage. The importance of human resources and especially in healthcare sector has always been an important area of research both in developed and developing countries. The objectives of this study was to identify and evaluate the recruitment and selection strategies and practices and its effectiveness in private healthcare sector in theprovince of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan and also to examine the perceptions and experiences of key players regarding these practices. Being exploratory in nature, researchers have selected RMI as a case for this study. Data was collected through interviews from different levels of employees in RMI. Constant comparative method was used for analyzing the data. Results present that though the effectiveness of the process is encouraging, yet there is no written, coherent and centralize recruitment and selection strategy in RMI. It is true that RMI follows the main stages mentioned in competency based approach but the criteria and methods of recruitment and selection for all levels are not the same.