Systemic Development of Health Organizations: An Integrative Systems Methodology
Series
Understanding Complex Systems
ISBN
978-3-319-55774-8
Type
book section
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Qudrat-Ullah, Hassan
Tsasis, Peter
Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this paper is helping managers and leaders in healthcare develop viable organizations that deliver high-level services. Health organizations such as hospitals are exceedingly complex. Therefore, we use Integrative Systems Methodology, a framework designed especially as an enabler for coping with complexity. Within that framework, we combine quantitative and qualitative methods to describe and explain organizational phenomena evolving over time. Rather than a large survey, we use a real-life case study. A single-case setting has been chosen, to enable long-term and in-depth exploration. The case spans 30 years, covering the
evolution of the oncological care system of Carinthia, which is a federal state of Austria. The contribution of the chapter is in providing deep insights. It lays open the structures underlying the viability of health organizations. The chapter also provides
well-grounded advice for how to build a robust health organization in a context of complexity and change.
evolution of the oncological care system of Carinthia, which is a federal state of Austria. The contribution of the chapter is in providing deep insights. It lays open the structures underlying the viability of health organizations. The chapter also provides
well-grounded advice for how to build a robust health organization in a context of complexity and change.
Language
English
Book title
Innovative Health Systems for the 21st Century
Publisher
Springer International
Publisher place
Cham, Switzerland
Start page
87
End page
139
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
251581
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