title: Environmental scanning and the health care manager.
abstract: Health care managers and supervisors work in an environment of major changes and ongoing turbulence. Basic terms and strategic approaches are described to enable managers and supervisors to better understand the process of environmental scanning in the turbulent health care environment. Drawing from multiple disciplines, the information allows health care managers and supervisors to improve their skills as environmental scanners as they develop and implement strategic plans in this environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services and Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA. laymane@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Layman
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bamberg
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000458:organization & administration; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States