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Q: What are different health care management domains?

Internal Influences, resources and activities addressed by managers on a daily basis Operation of the organisation manager can control most Examples: work environment, disuputes between members of your team, sickness, motivation, fostering creativity (from a leader to its employees) External Influences, resources and activities outside the boundaries of the organisation Still affect the organisation significantly --> A balance of both perspectives is needed --> More examples on slide 8

Q: What kind of health care organisations exist?

Primary providers: provide health service Secondary providers: provide resources for the health care system Regulating organisations --> primary and secondary Representitive organisations- -> primary and secondary

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What are different health care management domains?

Internal

Influences, resources and activities addressed by managers on a daily basis
Operation of the organisation manager can control most
Examples: work environment, disuputes between members of your team, sickness, motivation, fostering creativity (from a leader to its employees)

External

Influences, resources and activities outside the boundaries of the organisation
Still affect the organisation significantly

--> A balance of both perspectives is needed
--> More examples on slide 8

What kind of health care organisations exist?

Primary providers: provide health service
Secondary providers: provide resources for the health care system
Regulating organisations--> primary and secondary
Representitive organisations--> primary and secondary

What are healthcare delivery markets?

Figure. The green part is the 'heart' of health care.
The health provider is being supplied to, but is also supplying. Arrow is going both ways between health provider and consumer

What is the difference between profit and non- profit organisations?

Non- profit--> mission stickiness
Profit--> mission drift (adaptive, dynamic, value- creating)

Why is governance so important in health care?

Governance in a complex network, like hospitals, purely based on control will not sustain for a long time
The focus must move towards a learning- orientated governance
--> relationships are key elements

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Management and Innovation in the health sector

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