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The Medical Administrator in Canadian Hospitals

Michael S. Phillips

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 1 June 1984

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Abstract

The Role of the Administrator In looking at the role of the administrator, it is first necessary to look briefly at some of the recent trends in administration, particularly hospital administration. The most significant development affecting the administrative process is the increased size and complexity of the hospital organisation and the bureaucratisation of all sectors of modern industrial society. Related to these developments are such other changes as the advances in science and technology with increased specialisation, extended lines of communication, and new language, related to growth and specialisation. In addition, the presence of unions, the progress in transporting methods, and finally, new discoveries and innovations in science and technology resulting in new material, plus new techniques and equipment to improve functions, have all had their impact on the process.

Citation

Phillips, M.S. (1984), "The Medical Administrator in Canadian Hospitals", Management Decision, Vol. 22 No. 6, pp. 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001365

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MCB UP Ltd

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