TY - JOUR
T1 - Social networks as embedded complex adaptive systems
AU - Benham-Hutchins, Marge
AU - Clancy, Thomas R.
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the 15th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, the authors discuss healthcare social networks as a hierarchy of embedded complex adaptive systems. The authors further examine the use of social network analysis tools as a means to understand complex communication patterns and reduce medical errors.
AB - As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the 15th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, the authors discuss healthcare social networks as a hierarchy of embedded complex adaptive systems. The authors further examine the use of social network analysis tools as a means to understand complex communication patterns and reduce medical errors.
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U2 - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181ee42bc
DO - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181ee42bc
M3 - Article
C2 - 20798616
AN - SCOPUS:77956499409
SN - 0002-0443
VL - 40
SP - 352
EP - 356
JO - Journal of Nursing Administration
JF - Journal of Nursing Administration
IS - 9
ER -