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Author Roberts, Sharon, author

Title Improving health care management at the top : how balanced boardrooms can lead to organizational success / Sharon Roberts, Milan Frankl
Edition First edition
Published New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (54 pages))
Series Health care management collection, 2333-861X
Health care management collection. 2333-861X
Contents 1. Gender diversity may be the answer to performance -- 2. Background, what theory reveals -- 3. The Canadian Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), business case -- 4. Health care executive management composition, the good, the bad, and the ugly -- 5. Hospital performance, a taboo to overcome -- 6. Dominance, by whom? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In this book we explore the influence of gender on organizational performance in the health care sector. The authors argue that gender diversity of boards improves health care organizational performance when compared to homogeneous boards. The theoretical framework used was developed from conducting literature reviews of scholarly academic journal articles on gender, boards, and organizational performance as well as performing an in-depth study of the performance of health care organizations in Ontario, Canada. Research results suggest that effective boards and their composition were dependent on their female-to-male ratio to realize administrative efficiencies. Publicly funded, nonprofit, 126 acute care hospitals located in Ontario, Canada, were chosen as the health care sector for this research. Limitations of this study are in the complexity of the health care industry, competing internal and external priorities, and funding constraints. Nevertheless, this book is original work and relevant for use by boards to examine the complementary mix of gender as a predictor of organizational performance
Analysis board
diversity
gender
health care
organizational performance
upper echelons
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-51) and index
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 30, 2015)
Subject Health services administration.
Boards of directors.
Health boards.
Diversity in the workplace.
Health Services Administration
health boards.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Boards of directors
Diversity in the workplace
Health boards
Health services administration
Form Electronic book
Author Frankl, Milan, author
ISBN 9781631572616
163157261X