TY - JOUR
T1 - Complexity absorption and performance
T2 - A structural analysis of acute-care hospitals
AU - Walters, Bruce A.
AU - Bhuian, Shahid N.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - This study assesses the degree to which a complexity absorption response enhances performance in an industry increasingly described as highly complex: acute-care hospitals. Business-level strategy, organizational structure, and analytical comprehensiveness are viewed as mechanisms through which executives can increase internal complexity. A case is made that hospitals are well served to pursue a hybrid (or combination) strategy, employ an organic structure, and engage in a high degree of information acquisition and use. In keeping with a complexity absorption view, results indicate that these elements generally exhibit stronger associations with performance as dynamism increases.
AB - This study assesses the degree to which a complexity absorption response enhances performance in an industry increasingly described as highly complex: acute-care hospitals. Business-level strategy, organizational structure, and analytical comprehensiveness are viewed as mechanisms through which executives can increase internal complexity. A case is made that hospitals are well served to pursue a hybrid (or combination) strategy, employ an organic structure, and engage in a high degree of information acquisition and use. In keeping with a complexity absorption view, results indicate that these elements generally exhibit stronger associations with performance as dynamism increases.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jm.2003.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jm.2003.01.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0742289403
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 30
SP - 97
EP - 121
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 1
ER -