Health Care Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems
Begun, James W., Zimmerman, Brenda, and Dooley, Kevin
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Bibliographic:
Begun, James W., Zimmerman, Brenda, and Dooley, Kevin. 2003, "Health Care Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems", in Mick, S.S. and Wyttenbach, M. E. (eds), Advances in Health Care Organization Theory, San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Description:
The authors, all scholars of complexity science and organizations, explore the value of using a complexity science perspective to study complex organizations. After reviewing some basic concepts of complexity, they explore its relevance to understanding, studying, and managing health care organizations. They also point out that the study of "the world's most complex human organizations" can contribute to the science of complexity.
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