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The papers included in this volume may be categorized loosely into four general thematic sections: theoretical perspectives on the field of health care management; the role and impact of managed care; evolution of the health professions; enhancing health care organizational performance. The three papers in the first general section deal with a range of theoretical issues related to health care management, from complexity science to a theoretical comparison of integrated networks against systems, to how health care management researchers think about the research process. The three papers in the second section address the significant challenges faced by health care managers as they attempt to respond to the increasing impact of managed care. The third section's three papers look at the evolving roles of the health professions, including those of physicians as clinicians and as executives. The four papers in the final section focus on various approaches, from total quality management to use of work groups and transformational leadership, to enhancing health care organizational performance.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Jeffery A. Alexander Department of Health Management and Policy University of Michigan James W. Begun Department of Healthcare Management University of Minnesota Diane Brannon Department of Health Policy and Adminstration Pennsylvania State University Norman B. Bryan Department of Management Georgia State University Juliet A . Davis Management and Marketing Department University of Alabama Dean J. Driebe Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Myron D. Fottler Department of Health Professions University of Central Florida John E. Gamble Department of Management University of South Alabama Martha Gerrity Department of Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Charmine E. J. Hdrtel Graduate School of Management The University of Queensland Marjorie L. Icenogle Department of Management University of South Alabama ix x Thomas R. Konrad Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina Christy Harris Lemak Department of Health Services Administration University of Florida Mark Linzer Department of Internal Medicine University of Wisconsin David Lorber PCS Health Systems, Inc . Roice D. Luke Department of Health Administration Virginia Commonwealth University Reuben R . McDaniel, Jr . Graduate School of Business Administration The University of Texas at Austin Bruce Mann Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Mexico Julia E. McMurray Department of Internal Medicine University of Wisconsin Kathleen Montgomery Anderson School of Management University of California Vincent Mor Department of Community Health Brown University School of Medicine Matthew Neale Human Resources Department Queensland University of Technology Stephen J . O'Connor Department of Health Services Administration University of Alabama at Birmingham Donald E. Pathman Cecil G . Sheps Centre for Health Services Research and Department of Family Medicine University of North Carolina xi Inger Johanne Pettersen Bodo Graduate School of Business Daniel A . Rickert Marketing Manager Therapy Management Services Alison M. Roboski Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U .S . LLC Grant T. Savage College of Commerce and Business Administration University of Alabama Mark Schwartz Department of Medicine New York