Health Care Organizations
MGT 459f
Course Description:
In recent years, there has been a surge in the efforts to apply management principles to improve healthcare delivery. Although a growing number of healthcare organizations have adopted various management innovations (e.g., lean production, team-based structures, etc.), the results?measurable improvements in the efficiency, efficacy, and quality of care delivery?have been mixed. This course examines the mixed results in the light of the distinctive features of healthcare organizations. We will discuss how these organizational features lead to ineffective implementation of management innovations, and identify managerial strategies for successfully leading process improvement initiatives in healthcare organizations.
2 Credit(s)
Faculty:
- Rangaraj Ramanujam (View Profile)
Subject Area(s):
- Health Care
Program(s):
- Health Care MBA
- MBA
Please Note: Not all courses are scheduled each semester. Complete class schedules are available upon enrollment.
