title: Shared governance. Sharing power and opportunity.
abstract: Responding to an enlarged span of control and an ever changing health care environment, the author describes the implementation of a unit-based shared governance model. Through study,literature review, and team consensus, a new management style emerged. Using Rosabeth Kanter's framework for work effectiveness, the unit governance structure was transformed. The process, progress, and outcomes are described, analyzed, and celebrated.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Information Services, Huntsville Hospital System, AL, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prince
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D003142:Communication; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011247:Pregnancy