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A 5 page paper discussing leadership and politics, particularly within the framework of a 1998 article addressing physician executives and how that may have changed by 2008. Management, leadership and culture in competitive industries was much different than in healthcare in the past. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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necessarily those in management, but it is the leaders in management who have the greatest potential for influencing the course of the organization. Sound management and solid communication are
touted as being highly beneficial for organizations competing in todays competitive business environment, but in spite of the proliferation of the topics in academic literature and the business press many
organizations still are unsure of how to proceed to improve their companies. Leaders seem to have intuitive knowledge, particularly of how to win others to their points of view.
Addressing Organization Politics "Politics is a means of recognizing and, ultimately, reconciling competing interests within the organization" (Ratzburg, 2002). Kennedy (1998) seeks
to address some of the issues and interests that may arise, but accomplishes little more than encouraging readers to micromanage and waste their time - and that of those reporting
to them - chasing down minutiae that could be headed off using more positive leadership and management methods. Alternatively, Kennedy (1998) also encourages physician executives practice sleight of hand.
The statement, "A characteristic shared by many failed physician executives is too many perks, too publicly displayed" (Kennedy, 1998) reads as though the author is instructing readers to go
ahead and enjoy the practices of the past (or those of recent government bailout recipients), but not to flaunt them too flamboyantly around younger workers who may fail to "understand."
As a managing partner of a company called Career Strategies, Inc., it would seem that Kennedy (1998) should have been well qualified to
give such direct advice to physician executives, and it has been known for years that US healthcare in general was far out of step with industries operating in a competitive
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