Internal complexity and environmental sensitivity in hospitals

Theory suggests that organizations should respond to external complexity with internal complexity. We examine whether "environmentally sensitive" hospitals are more internally complex than "environmentally insensitive" hospitals. Results show that environmentally sensitive and in...

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Published in:	Hospital & health services administration Vol. 41; no. 4; p. 535
Main Authors:	Ashmos, D P, Duchon, D, Hauge, F E, McDaniel, Jr, R R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 1996
Subjects:	Chief Executive Officers, Hospital Data Collection Decision Making, Organizational Health Care Surveys - methods Hospital Administration - statistics & numerical data Interdepartmental Relations Interprofessional Relations Models, Organizational Organizational Innovation Organizational Objectives Social Environment Surveys and Questionnaires Texas Texas
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Summary:	Theory suggests that organizations should respond to external complexity with internal complexity. We examine whether "environmentally sensitive" hospitals are more internally complex than "environmentally insensitive" hospitals. Results show that environmentally sensitive and insensitive hospitals differed on three of the measures of internal complexity: goal complexity, strategic complexity, and relational complexity.
ISSN:	8750-3735