title: Choosing successful managers. Participative selection can help.
abstract: The attitude and behavior of first line managers can greatly influence the success of any health care organization. Managers directly affect 90 to 95 percent of the workers in a hospital. This article offers a specific description of a new process that allows staff to participate in management selection. The author shows how the process, which is a truly participative form of management, increases the success potential of new health care managers.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006126:Group Processes; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D007484:Iowa; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors