The management education imperative: an opinion.
This article presents an opinion on the need for middle-management education in the four basic functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Using nursing management as an example, the author describes the role of middle management in complex organizations and states that the job of management is to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of work performed by others.
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006761:Hospitals; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*