A case study of organizational decline: Lessons for health care organizations

Health Care Manager

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-264

  Crow, Stephen M ^a   Hartman, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational decline; Organizational life cycles; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141608599     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200307000-00011     Document Type: Article

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