Summary of Managing the Myths of Health Care
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Management guru Henry Mintzberg brings his contrarian, astute advice to health care. After an indictment of dysfunctional “health care systems” worldwide – particularly in the United States and Canada – he prescribes greater collaboration, less competition and more emphasis on cause over cure. From the folly of “managerial fads” to simplistic government fixes, Mintzberg argues that health care suffers from weak leadership and trendy strategy. To his way of thinking, only on-the-ground management can fix it. While health care must include specialists, he says, it should overcome the divisions among physicians, administrators and providers. Such silos reinforce entrenched hierarchies and undermine patient care. While always politically neutral, getAbstract thinks health care professionals, administrators, policy makers, politicians, patients and investors will find food for thought in Mintzberg’s analysis.
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Henry Mintzberg teaches at McGill University’s School of Management. His 19 books include Rebalancing Society, Managing, Simply Managing and Strategy Safari.
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2 years agoThere are interesting parallels to his view on what healthcare needs and to what I think large corporations need. And I'd be interested to see the agile method used to build ground up ways to approach healthcare. The Mayo Clinic sounds good but I bet there are even better ways waiting to be co-designed.
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2 years agoSpecific book is the ground for reflection
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2 years agoself esteem
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2 years agoThought provoking challenge, probable or possible? Motivates the read to search into the mind and writings of this author. Positive read.JRC