Strategy as simple rules: understanding success in a rural clinic.
Drawing on chaos and complexity theories, we apply the concept of "strategy as simple rules" to analyze the success of one rural health clinic. We document how such rules may emerge as success is viewed retrospectively. We describe four simple rules that emerged in this setting and explicate how our case analysis may assist other rural providers.
Department of Health Services Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Christy Harris
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Lemak
Elizabeth
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Goodrick
D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005431:Florida; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D008330:Management Audit; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010934:Planning Techniques; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*