title: Coordination: new ways of harnessing complexity.
abstract: As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the fourth of a 5-part series on applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, the concept of coordination is explored from a complex systems perspective.
authors.affiliation: Professional Services, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA. tom.clancy@mercyic.org
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: Carlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anteau
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007484:Iowa; D007857:Leadership; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D013598:Systems Theory