Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introducing Hospital Challenges
Chapter 2. The Ceremonial Approach of Healthcare Organizations: A Surviving Challenge
Chapter 3. Managing Uncertainty: The Quality Certification Adoption Between Managerial Fashions and Social Contagion
Chapter 4. Common Inside Challenges: Looking for Organizational and Individual Work Values Congruence
Chapter 5. The Strategy of Negotiation: Natural Predisposition and Organization Needs
About the Author
Index
The main audience of the book is composed by healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses), healthcare managers (CEOs; Clinical Directors; Departmental Managers), and healthcare policymakers (for example Ministry of Health officials). Moreover, at an academic level, the audience is represented by Ph.D.s, Fellow Researchers in organizational design, organizational behavior and human resource management of healthcare organizations. Finally students of master degrees or of high specialization courses represent a very possible audience.