Staying afloat in a sea of digital waves.
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 17th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, Dr Clancy further discusses the similarity in complex system behavior observed between the financial markets and healthcare systems.
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. clanc027@umn.edu
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011336:Probability; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013598:Systems Theory; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical