American Journal of Management Science and Engineering

Volume 5, Issue 5, September 2020

  • Futures Thinking: Strategy Used by Health Care Organization to Survive Economic Collapse During the Great Recession of 2008

    Steven Walker

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 56-61
    Received: 30 September 2020
    Accepted: 23 October 2020
    Published: 4 November 2020
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    Abstract: This case tells how a leader of a health care institution used systems thinking as a foresight tool to help survive the Great Recession of 2008. The original study on which this case is based sought to understand the essence of leaders’ interior response to the Great Recession of 2008 with regard to sustainability and leadership. The impact of the ... Show More
  • Selection of Reliable and Valid Surgeon Performance Measures

    William Thomas Cecil

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 62-69
    Received: 26 October 2020
    Accepted: 3 November 2020
    Published: 11 November 2020
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    Abstract: Objective- To identify measures of surgeon performance that are valid, reliable, and capable of classifying the risk of surgeon performance. Data Sources- A surgical quality improvement program, dataset unique to selected hospitals and surgeons containing abstracted surgical case records. Study Design- Six criteria were employed to assess the valid... Show More