Hospital Strategic Planning for Diversity Integration Based on Organizational Type and CEO Tenure

Hospital TopicsPublished 1 January 2007

John Newhouse

DOI10.3200/htps.85.1.11-16

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TL;DR

Investigation of the strategic planning processes used by five different hospital types to integrate diversity practices into their operations indicated that some differences do exist by hospital type, as well as the length of tenure for CEOs in their positions.

Abstract

The author investigated the strategic planning processes used by five different hospital types to integrate diversity practices into their operations. Chief executive officers from Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania were surveyed to examine how their hospitals used strategic planning in this process. The central research question was: Does this process vary on the basis of hospital type? The findings indicated that some differences do exist by hospital type, as well as the length of tenure for CEOs in their positions.

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