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What is Structuration Theory (ST)

Chapter 40
Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare
A social theory model that encompasses paradoxical concepts is which serves to address the complex and relational aspects of the interactions between stakeholders and IT.
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Systems Thinking as the Model for Educating Future Healthcare Managers in Information Technology
Gerald Goodman (Texas Woman’s University, USA) and Anne Selcer (Texas Woman’s University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-356-2.ch040
Abstract
This chapter explores the individual competencies presented by various healthcare executive organizations as being important for healthcare leaders to emulate in the exchange of information and knowledge. These competencies provide a set of tools that healthcare leaders can use to make their organizations successful in the healthcare systems and knowledge management (KM) environment. Several possible ways these can be instilled within the academic setting are presented. Systems and KM paradigms, such as organizational learning and memory, are superordinate metaphors that provide an approach to analyzing organizational capability through an understanding of processes occurring in healthcare organizations.
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