title: Organizational conflict: strong department heads versus central administration.
abstract: Academically oriented physicians and physician leaders are generally not advocates of strong centralized organization. This paper examines St. Mary's Medical Center's attempts, over a five-year period, at integrating departmental and central administrative functions.
authors.affiliation: St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth, MN 55805.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Koemptgen
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008910:Minnesota; D015279:Organizational Culture; D008486:Physician Executives