Coordination: new ways of harnessing complexity.
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.
Clancy
Thomas R
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Professional Services, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA. tom.clancy@mercyic.org
Anteau
Carlene
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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