Developing effective institutional managers in the 1980s--part 2: some new directions.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Professional Development

Background:

• Early nursing education shapes nurse managers' organizational behavior.
• Current nurse management training often fails to address ingrained behaviors or foster innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

• Analyze implications of learned behaviors on nurse management.
• Explore the effectiveness of current management training programs.
• Suggest new directions for nurse management training.

Main Methods:

• Analysis of organizational behavior in nurse managers.
• Examination of current nurse management training assumptions.
• Redefinition of nursing management using open-system boundary concepts.

Main Results:

• Organizational behavior is linked to early social defense systems learned in nursing.
• Existing training models are insufficient for unlearning old behaviors or promoting innovation.
• A reframing of nursing management can enhance innovation and effectiveness.

Conclusions:

• Nurse management training needs reform to address learned behaviors.
• Open-system boundary management offers a new framework for effective nurse leadership.
• The findings have broader implications for professional management in people-throughput institutions.