Strategic Leadership: A View from Quantum and Chaos Theories

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-37

  McDaniel Jr , Reuben R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complexity; Managerial leadership; Quantum theory

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUANTUM THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031498321     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199702210-00003     Document Type: Article

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