Healthcare managers' decision making: Findings of a small scale exploratory study

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-258

  MacDonald, Jackie ^a   Bath, Peter A ^a   Booth, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision complexity; Healthcare managers; Naturalistic decision making; Organizational decision making; Work roles

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANAGER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56049119656     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458208096554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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