Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

9. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-394-28897-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten

Updated guide on essential strategic management practices for health care organisations

Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations delivers an essential framework for leading health care organisations through strategic management, examining the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating and maintaining strategic momentum. This Ninth Edition contains numerous updates on the rapid advancements in the field of health care, different health care settings, and natural disasters in a healthcare context, with revisions to existing content reflecting the latest research and methodology in the field.

This book shows readers how to: - Map and analyse external issues, trends and events in the general environment, the health care system, and the service area
- Conduct a comprehensive service area competitor analysis and perform an internal analysis to determine competitive advantages and disadvantages
- Develop directional strategies, identify strategic alternatives, and make rational strategic decisions
- Create effective value-adding service delivery and support strategies, and translate service delivery and support plans into specific action plans

Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides heath care management students and health care administrators with essential foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swayne, Linda E.

Ginter, Peter M.

Duncan, W. Jack

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Gesundheitswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Features of the Text viii

Organization of the Text xi

To the Students – Why This Book, Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations, Is Important xii

The Author Team xiii

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Companion Website xv

Parts and Chapters

Part 1 The Strategic Management Imperative and Context 1

Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management 3

Chapter 2 Context and Change 29

Part 2 Situational Analysis 61

Chapter 3 External Analysis 63

Chapter 4 Service Area Competitor Analysis 95

Chapter 5 Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage 125

Part 3 Strategy Formulation 151

Chapter 6 Identifying Strategic Alternatives 153

Chapter 7 Directional Strategies 187

Chapter 8 Evaluation of Alternatives and Strategic Choice 217

Chapter 9 Strategic Planning Metrics 259

Chapter 10 Leadership Communication and Action Plans 283

Part 4 Resources for Strategic Thinkers 309

Resource A Health Care Organization Accounting, Finance, and Performance Analysis 311

Resource B Analyzing Strategic Health Care Cases 331

Resource C Extended Example of Service Area Competitor Analysis – Internal Medicine 343

Resource D Extended Example of Internal Analysis – Centene Corporation 361

Resource E Summary of Strategic Alternatives 373

Resource F Summary of Strategic Alternatives Analysis Methods 381

Resource G Extended Example of Action Plans – Rehabilitation Medicine (RM), Cardiac Rehab Lab 389

Resource H Health Care Acronyms 395

Resource I Glossary of Health Care Strategic Management Terms 405

Index 427

Über Autor(innen)

Peter M. Ginter Ph.D., is University Professor and Professor of Health Policy and Organization in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

W. Jack Duncan Ph.D., is Professor and University Scholar Emeritus in the Collat School of Business and School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Linda E. Swayne is Professor of Marketing Emerita, Belk College of Business, The University of North Carolina Charlotte.