...John A. Williams; Fred J. DeMicco Health care institutions are increasingly outsourcing services to managed service companies. As a result, the span of control for managers of these services (departments) can increase rapidly. This research investigated the developmental areas needed by managers...

... MCB UP Limited 2003 Acquisitions Health care Methods Data administration Human resource management Culture The 1980s to the millennium has witnessed an increase in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) between firms of different sizes and different industry types (Tetenbaum, 1999...

...: Internet Health care Communications Business development Management Australia Change is created, sustained, and managed in and by communication (Ford and Ford, 1995, p. 560). The complement to this is how the major change implementers deal with stakeholders in a political sense. As Lewis...

... Limited 2002 Teams Effectiveness Organizations Assessment Health care United Kingdom Following the reorganisation of the National Health Service (NHS), hierarchical command and control structures were viewed as insufficient to meet the demands of the patient/client population. Within...

... with other organizations to pool resources for management training; and a need for innovation to utilize cost‐effective training technologies. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Canada Case study Delphi method Health care Management training Effective management is a key factor contributing...

...Margaret O’Donovan Explores the need for risk management in a health care setting in both financial and personal terms. Sets out the stages of a risk management programme. Stresses the need to incorporate such a programme in every hospital setting in order to reduce negligence claims so that scarce...

... students from different sectors. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Health care Management development United Kingdom The Strategic Management of Health Services Management of Health Services David Perkins University of Kent at Canterbury, UK South East Thames Regional Health Authority (SETRHA) provides...

....). The collaborative management development approach has enabled a group of working health care supervisors to tap into the best that each of them can bring to bear on any given problem. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Management development Health care Hospitals Group working Collaborative Management...

... Barnes from a tertiary care hospital with limited outside relations to a health care system with significant activities beyond its single campus. Their plan for a viable future included the acquisition of other hospitals, the building of nursing homes, and the development of new companies. The hospital...

... Management development Health care Organizational change Downsizing Organisational Downsizing in Hospitals: Considerations for Management Development Anne Osborne Kilpatrick and James A. Johnson Medical University of South Carolina, and Jacquelyn K. Jones MUSC Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina...

...James A. Johnson; R. Wayne Boss The problems facing many US health care organisations may prove critical for survival for many of them. The article outlines the nature of the problems: increased patient demands, tensions among personnel,technological innovation, cost‐conscious purchasers of care...

... skills and how simulation enhanced those skills. Finally, the implications of using simulation as a strategy for management development are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Decision making Hospitals Management development Simulation Health care Skills Simulation in the Hospital Setting...

...R. Wayne Boss The pressures currently facing US health care organisations,especially hospitals, in a risk environment are analysed. An important route to maximising efficiency is identified as improved collaboration amongst personnel. Team‐building interventions are recommended and the elements...

...Norman Metzger The case is forcibly stated for a new style of management focused on the needs, expectations and participation of health care employees at all levels. Only collaborative teamwork is seen to be appropriate to developing the levels of effectiveness needed for those health care...