Resumen en inglés

Departmental health Organization (DDS by its acronym in Spanish) are facing a changing and competitive environment accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Human resources and the organizational climate are essential for planning management strategies to achieve institutional objectives. Objective. Design management strategies that promote a good working climate in a DDS during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia in 2021. Materials and Methods. Crosssectional descriptive study with quantitative approach. Sample made up of 21 workers of the DDS of the Department of Córdoba to whom a survey was applied to measure the working climate and the influence of COVID-19. Results. Workers comply with health protocols for the management of the pandemic by covid-19, 95% know the mission, vision and objectives of the DDS, 23% do not have the necessary resources for their work, 47% do not feel encouraged to achieve their objectives, while more than half of the staff believe that the pandemic affected the workload and communication; For this reason, management strategies were proposed to strengthen the labor climate, such as reviewing work tools and better implementation of training, recognition, leisure and communication activities. Conclusions. Respondents have a good organizational orientation and are trained to do their job, offering their skills to cope the COVID-19 that has affected the mental health of staff due to insufficient work well-being activities and deficiencies in the institutional physical environment.