title: Management behaviour of one community health nurse supervisor.
abstract: Mintzberg's theoretical framework of management, which examines the roles and functions of a manager in relation to effective communication, is used to analyse observational data of managerial conflict within a community health setting. In this setting the manager failed to establish sound interpersonal relations with her peers or with the clinic nurses. This led to a poor information base from which she could make decisions. The result was that the group became stressed and developed signs of disintegration.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role