Strategic planning and control in small health organizations.
It is the end of the second quarter, and the controller announces that the fiscal year's funds for equipment and supplies are fully expended. The executive director hits the roof--he has promised the radiology department a new piece of x-ray apparatus. An ongoing planning-and-control procedure would have foreseen and prevented this shortfall.
D002017:Budgets; D005376:Financial Management; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics*; D007182:Income; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration