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Book SynopsisThis collection of critical ideas relating organization science to operations and accomplishments in the health care environment provides a thematic guide for leaders, practitioners, academics and administrators. It pulls in a broad cross-section of perspectives on the important linkage of scholarship and practice with a solid global perspective.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. List of Reviewers. Dedication. Preface. Introduction. Demystifying and Improving Organizational Culture in Health Care. The Organization's Mission Statement: Give Up Hope or Resuscitate? A Search for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Enhancing the Cultural Competency of Health Care Organizations. The Role of Mission, Organizational Culture, and Cultural Competency in Furthering the Development of Health Care Organizations: A Commentary. Employee Engagement: A Prescription for Organizational Transformation. The Relationship between the Survey-Guided Assessment of Culture within Specific Nursing Work Groups and Readiness for Change. Achieving Organizational Change in Health Care through People and Culture: A Commentary. The Four C's of Leadership Development. Leadership and Organization Development in Health Care: Lessons from the Cleveland Clinic. The Evolving Leadership Development Agenda in Health Care: A Commentary. Addressing Dysfunctional Relations Among Health Care Teams: Improving Team Cooperation through Applied Organizational Theories. Characteristics of Positive Working Relationships between Nursing and Support Service Employees. The Impact of Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships on Nurses' Ability to Solve Workplace Problems: Implications for their Commitment to the Organization. Systems Approach to Address Incivility and Disruptive Behaviors in Health Care Organizations. Condition Critical: Intervening in Health Care Teams and Working Relationships: A Commentary. IT and Organization: A Delicate Partnership. Technological Iatrogenesis: The Manifestation of Inadequate Organizational Planning and the Integration of Health Information Technology. Hit Management Research and the Tip of the Iceberg: Setting a Research Agenda – A Commentary. E Pluribus Unum: Using Group Model Building with Many Interdependent Organizations to Create Integrated Health Care Networks. Health Care Organizations as “Patients”: Transforming the Fundamental OD Paradigm. Sustaining High Performance: Dynamic Balancing in an Otherwise Unbalanced System. Learning to Think Systemically about Health Care Systems: A Commentary. Concluding Remarks. Organization Development in Healthcare: Conversations on Research and Strategies. Advances in health care management. Advances in health care management. Copyright page.
