Edgeware: Lessons from Complexity Science for Health Care Leaders - Softcover

Zimmerman, Brenda; Lindberg, Curt; Plsek, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966782801 ISBN 13: 9780966782806

Publisher: V H A, Incorporated, 2008

Synopsis

This publication is the first book to address complexity science in health care. It represents a revolutionary new way for health care leaders to think about how they engage employees, work with physicians, manage unmanageably complex tasks and plan for an uncertain future. But it's not for health care workers only - this book is useful to anyone interested in how complexity science is changing not only business management, but also how many disciplines of science relate to one another. Complexity science reframes our view of many systems that are only partially understood by traditional scientific methods. Systems as apparently diverse as stock markets, human bodies, ecosystems, immune systems, termite colonies and hospitals seem to share some patterns of behavior. These patterns provide insights into sustainability, viability, and innovation.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is the first book to address complexity science in health care. It's a represents revolutionary new way for health care leaders to think about how they motivate their employees, work with physicians, manage unmanageably complex tasks and plan for an uncertain future. But it's not for health care workers only - this book is useful to anyone interested in how complexity science is changing not only business management in this country, but also how many disciplines of science relate to one another.

From the Back Cover:

"Essential reading for those who are trying to understand what complexity sciences might mean for leadership and management in organizations." - Ralph Stacey, author of Complexity and Creativity in Organizations "Edgeware is a breakthrough resource. ... It instructs, challenges and inspires." - James Taylor, president and CEO, University of Louisville Hospital "A fantastic resource for health care professionals interested in exploring how insights from the new science of complexity can help them deal with the challenges facing health care today. ... Pragmatic, insightful and accessible." - Gareth Morgan, author of Images of Organization "Edgeware is gold ... user-friendly, extremely thorough and practical - with real how-to's in usage and understanding." - Martha Lynn, senior director, Organizational Development, St. Luke's - Shawnee Mission Health System

About this edition

• Publisher: V H A, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0966782801
• ISBN 13: 9780966782806
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296