title: The paradox prescription: leading the medical group of the future.
abstract: Leaders of health care organizations must constantly deal with paradox in and around their organizations. The paradox profile is a modeling technique for examining how organizations prioritize their dealings with the eight competing issues from which the four paradoxes are derived. This article demonstrates the leadership challenges that exist when a paradox is present and how these tensions differ when the integrative status of the medical group--as either part of an integrated system or not--is considered.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Strategy, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004465:Economic Competition; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D005544:Forecasting; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011340:Problem Solving; D013597:Systems Analysis