Management: Right-Brain Vision for Left-Brain Systems

Article Abstract:

In right-handed people the left hemisphere of the brain controls language skills and logical ability while the right controls creative abilities. The health care industry, once cold and left- brain-dominated, is slowly shifting from treating illness to seeking to create an atmosphere for health. The greatest challenge for managers is to heal the imbalance of left brain dominance. Three important management roles will be the scientific manager who can create a team spirit, the catalytic manager who speeds up creativity and productivity without interfering too much, and context managers who recognize human behavior as a consequence of social climate. Managers need to recognize that productivity and profit goals are not enough.

Medicine, Industrial productivity, Social conditions, Management Style, Productivity, Health Care, Social Issue, Management Development, Attitude

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The future of health care information systems

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Hospitals must implement advanced information systems technology in order to reach their goals of patient care quality and customer satisfaction. The new technology will combine traditional hospital information services such as billing and insurance information with a database of comprehensive clinical information. Upgrades will include high-speed networks using fiber optic technology, relational data bases, imaging, video, hand-held computers, and other advances, operating around high-speed commodity reduced instruction set computing and computer processing units. Implementation could save $830,000 in annual operating costs.

Forecasts and trends, Health care industry, Hospitals, Information services, Information systems

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Without a vision, a business may perish

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Conestoga Wood Specialties Inc. developed a process to enhance business performance through the establishment of corporate visions. The process allowed management and employees to synergize their individual goals into a single set of objectives. In addition, it enabled Conestoga Wood to establish benchmarks from which to gauge its business performance. A discussion of the key features of the corporate vision formation process is presented.

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, Wood & Wood Products, Wood Product Manufacturing, Analysis, Forest products industry, Mission statements, Conestoga Wood Specialties Inc.

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