Workforce Perceptions of Hospital Safety Culture: Development and Validation of the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations Survey

Published on December 16, 2015February 16, 2017 by Jared Padgett

This article discussed the development and testing of the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations (PSCHO) survey, which has been used to determine the safety culture in hospitals both in the United States and abroad. The study utilized HRO concepts and applied them specifically to healthcare, and this instrument will be a valuable tool for researcher’s […]

Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics: The Challenge of Complexity

Published on December 8, 2015February 16, 2017 by Jared Padgett

The author discussed the connection between chaos theory and organizational dynamics, and asserted that complexity theory has its roots at least in part in scientific chaos theory. The author looked at convection theory and discussed the change in the environment in a pot of water as it is placed over heat. When equilibrium is no […]