(392 pages)
Required readings:
Lawton Robert Burns, Elizabeth H. Bradley and Brian J. Wiener, Shortell & Kaluzny’s Health Care Management – Organization Design and Behavior, 6th ed., Delmar Cengage Learning, 2012
- Martin P. Charns and Gary Young, “Organization Design and Work Coordination”, ch. 3 in ibid (26 p.)
- Stephen L.Walston and Ann F. Chou “Strategic thinking and competitive advantage” Ch 10 in ibid (31 p.)
- Zajac, Thomas A. D’Aunno and Lawton Robert Burns, “Managing Strategic Alliances in Health Care”, ch. 11 in ibid. (25 p.)
- Karen A. Wager and Mark L. Diana, “Health Information Systems…”, ch. 13 in ibid. (18 p.)
Henry Mintzberg, Structure in five: Designing effective organizations, Essex: Prentice Hall (2009) Ch 1-3 (73 p.), Ch. 10-11 (63 p.)
Soki Choi, Competing logics in hospital mergers, Stockholm: Karolinska Institutet, 2011, ch. 2 (14 p.) http://publications.ki.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10616/40275/thesis_soki.pdf
Kjekshus, Lars Erik & Hagen, Terje P. (2007). Do hospital mergers increase hospital efficiency? Evidence from a National Health Service country. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. ISSN 1355-8196. 12(4), p230- 235 http://hsr.sagepub.com/content/12/4/230.full.pdf (5 p.)
Kjekshus, Lars Erik, Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm, Espen Dahl and Thomas Lorentzen, “The effect of hospital mergers on long-term sickness absence among hospital employees: a fixed effects multivariate regression analysis using panel data” BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:50 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/14/50 (10 p.)
Henry Mintzberg and Sholom Glouberman, “Managing the Care of Health and the Cure of Disease—Part II: Integration”, Health Care Management Review, 2001, 26(1), pp. 72–92 http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=46460 (20 p.)
Kjekshus, Lars Erik and Terje P. Hagen: "Ring fencing" of elective surgery: Does it affect hospital efficiency, Health Service Management Research; 18: 186-197, 2005 http://hsmr.rsmjournals.com/content/18/3/186.full.pdf (11 p.)
Handouts:
Brunsson, Nils. The Organization of Hypocrisy. Talk, Decisions and Actions in Organizations. 2003, Copenhagen Business School Press. Ch 1, 2. (40 pages.)
Deborah Davidson and Edward Peck, “Organisational development and organisational design”, ch. 20 in Kieran Walsh and Judith Smith, eds., Healthcare Management, Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2006 (or later) (22 p.)
Scott, W. Richard and Gerald F Davis (2007) Organizations and Organizing:Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives, Pearson Ch. 1. (34 p.)
Recommended readings:
Scott, W. Richard and Gerald F Davis (2007) Organizations and Organizing:Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives, Pearson.
Troels Kristensen, 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 (LINK)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10729-010-9133-8 (11 p.)
Kjekshus, Lars Erik: Changing demands for institutional management, In Magnussen, Jon, Karsten Vrangbæk and Richard B. Saltmann (eds) Nordic Health Care Systems 2009. Open University Press. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/98417/E93429.pdf (20 p.)