| Motivating middle managers. How to develop their mission potential. | |
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PMID: 10296394 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Today's unstable healthcare environment is prompting not-for-profit hospitals to explore ways to preserve a fading altruistic posture. Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, sees middle management as a key to preserving a mission-oriented commitment to the delivery of healthcare. It is tapping the potential of its middle managers through a specialized management development program linked to mission objectives that attempts to assess and enhance individual abilities. The hospital formed a management development committee to identify several managerial characteristics that could have the greatest positive impact on preserving the hospital's mission objectives. The committee identified six major categories for focus: mission and philosophy; leadership style and influence; staffing, coaching, and developing employees; implementation functions; decision-making functions; and quality assurance issues. The hospital developed a self-assessment questionnaire for middle managers. As a self-evaluation tool, the questionnaire may not accurately represent each manager's specific level of knowledge, but it shows each manager's perceived needs and provides a basis for the development of instructional resources. It has also been useful in raising managers' consciousness of their performance. |
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R J Parsons; K Rock; O M Hutcheson; D Nelson |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.) Volume: 70 ISSN: 0882-1577 ISO Abbreviation: Health Prog Publication Date: 1989 Dec |
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Created Date: 1990-01-24 Completed Date: 1990-01-24 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8500263 Medline TA: Health Prog Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 28-31 Citation Subset: H |
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Hospital Administrators
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psychology* Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299 Hospitals Hospitals, Voluntary / organization & administration* Humans Motivation* Organization and Administration* Organizational Objectives* Questionnaires Staff Development Statistics as Topic Utah |
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