Leadership and Role of Managers

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Leadership and the Role of Managers

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Leadership and the Role of Managers

The health care system in the United States has been going through some dramatic organizational changes . They now employ a service line management approach to focus on consumer choice and quality , rather than cost containment . Under the service line management approach , all the major functions of a hospital or a health care system are viewed

as independent mini businesses , having their own employees , customers competitors and markets

The advantage of this method is that each function is able to focus on the profitability and growth of key activities . Another advantage was for patients who required only a single type of health care service like maternal-child care . This management approach gave them a one-stop shop Moreover , the effects of this approach are long- term . Not only are managers able to focus on cutting costs , but they are also able to monitor the growth of their services . Furthermore , as resources reduce in the future , this approach will help in establishing priorities , as all the processes will be evaluated for the contribution to the organization

However , to successfully implement this approach greater coordination and communication was required between service lines . The need for strategic decision making also increased . Hence , the need for leadership in health care organizations has increased dramatically

Guo and Anderson (2005 ) have argued that this major...