Organizing for better medical school management
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Abstract:
Growth, increasing organizational diversification and specialization, and public demands for accountability make it mandatory that medical school managers begin to move beyond simple administration and into true management. This article describes an organizational structure that is designed to help medical schools deal with critical management problems. Within this structure, newly appointed "department managers" work with an independent manager in the central administration office, provide staff assistance to their department chairmen, and participate in a problem-solving group that provides assistance on specific technical projects anywhere in the organization.
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