Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”
Health systems, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), need stronger management and leadership capacities. Management and leadership are not synonymous, yet should be considered together as there can be too much of one and not enough of the other. In complex adaptive health...
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
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| description | Health systems, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), need stronger management and leadership capacities. Management and leadership are not synonymous, yet should be considered together as there can be too much of one and not enough of the other. In complex adaptive health systems, the multiple interactions and relationships between people and elements of the system mean that management and leadership, so often treated as domains of the individual, are additionally systemic phenomena, emerging from these relational interactions. This brief commentary notes some significant implications for how we can support capacity strengthening interventions for complex management and leadership. These would necessarily move away from competency-based models focused on training for individuals, and would rather encompass longer-term initiatives explicitly focused on systemic goals of accountability, innovation, and learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-753264b664d740c384ffae33d9c6f4e32022-12-21T18:18:51ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392015-12-0141284985110.15171/ijhpm.2015.152Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”Aku Kwamie 0Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra, Ghana; Sociology and Development of Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsHealth systems, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), need stronger management and leadership capacities. Management and leadership are not synonymous, yet should be considered together as there can be too much of one and not enough of the other. In complex adaptive health systems, the multiple interactions and relationships between people and elements of the system mean that management and leadership, so often treated as domains of the individual, are additionally systemic phenomena, emerging from these relational interactions. This brief commentary notes some significant implications for how we can support capacity strengthening interventions for complex management and leadership. These would necessarily move away from competency-based models focused on training for individuals, and would rather encompass longer-term initiatives explicitly focused on systemic goals of accountability, innovation, and learning.http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3079_fc3065f261fa4f0f6af38d0703b01fe2.htmlManagementLeadershipComplexityHealth Systems |
| spellingShingle | Aku Kwamie Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” International Journal of Health Policy and Management Management Leadership Complexity Health Systems |
| title | Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” |
| title_full | Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” |
| title_fullStr | Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” |
| title_short | Balancing Management and Leadership in Complex Health Systems; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” |
| title_sort | balancing management and leadership in complex health systems comment on management matters a leverage point for health systems strengthening in global health |
| topic | Management Leadership Complexity Health Systems |
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