Required readings:
Textbook
Burns, RH, Bradley, EH& B.J Warner (2012). Shortell and Kaluznu’s Health Care Management. Organization, Design & Behavior. 6th edition. Delmar. Chapters, 1-7 &10 and 11.
Selznick, P (1984). Leadership in administration. A sociological interpretation. University of California Press.
Cialdini, R (2008). Influence: the science of persuasion. Pearson. Boston.
Mintzberg, Henry (1989). Mintzberg on Management. Inside our strange world of organizatons New York, Free Press. Chapters 1,2 5, 9, 10 and 11.
Journal articles available online:
Mintzberg, H & S Glouberman (2001). “Managing the care of health and the cure of diseases – Part I: differentiation. Health Care Management Review 26(1): 56-69.
Mintzberg, H & S Glouberman (2001). “Managing the care of health and the cure of diseases – Part II: Integration Health Care Management Review 26(1): 72-92.
Edmonstone, J. (2009). “The elephant in the room. International Journal of Health Planning and Management;24:290-305.
Edmonstone, J. (2014). “The continuing development of clinical leadership in the UK National Health Services.” International Journal of Health Planning and Management;29(3):280-91.
Kjekshus, Lars Erik & Hagen, Terje P. (2007). Do hospital mergers increase hospital efficiency?
Kristensen, Troels, Peter Bogetoft, and Kjeld Moeller Pedersen “Potential gains from hospital mergers in Denmark” Health Care Management Science, 2010, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp 334-345.
Shih, Anthony, Karen Davis, Stephen Schoenbaum, Anne Gauthier, Rachel Nuzum, and Douglas McCarthy. "Organizing the US health care delivery system for high performance." (2008).
Spehar, Ivan; Frich, Jan C & Kjekshus, Lars Erik (2014).Clinicians in management: a qualitative study of managers' use of influence strategies in hospitals. BMC Health Serfvices Researc. ISSN
1472-6963. 14(251).