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Chapter 18 The contributions of organizational theory to health care

Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000

ISBN: 978-1-84950-930-5, eISBN: 978-1-84950-931-2

Publication date: 25 March 2010

Abstract

Two courses that focus on organizational theory are taught for doctoral students and two others are taught for Masters of Public Health students; only the former are relevant. The development and theses of macro-organizational theory are reviewed along with empirical applications to health care organizations like hospitals, nursing homes, and community mental health centers.

Citation

Bloom, J.R. (2010), "Chapter 18 The contributions of organizational theory to health care", Bird Schoonhoven, C. and Dobbin, F. (Ed.) Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2010)0000028022

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