Magnet® designation has been shown to be a cost-effective strategy resulting in improved patient, staff, and organizational outcomes. Achieving this designation requires an organization to successfully progress through developmental levels on their journey. Part 1 of this article described a 4-level developmental model applied to each of the Magnet components. In part 2, we will discuss a 5-ste...

Using experimental methods, this paper investigates the limits of communication and leadership in aiding group coordination in a minimum e ort game. Choosing the highest e ort is the payo dominant Nash equilibrium in this game, and communication and leadership are expected to help in coordinating on such an equilibrium. We consider an environment in which the bene ts of coordination are low com...

This case explores the challenges of launching a new on-line business within an existing business, its unique IT needs, and how these needs change as the business matures. The case describes how Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (‘the Bank’), successfully established itself as the leading discount stockbroker in Australia....

This paper reports on the initial stages of research into the strategic leadership of primary school principals in New South Wales. Strategic leadership, a leadership dimension present in all leadership theories and perspectives, holds the key to effectively linking the actions of today with the future. This study draws on a theoretical framework derived from a comprehensive study undertaken in...

BACKGROUND Leadership is important in the implementation of innovation in business, health, and allied health care settings. Yet there is a need for empirically validated organizational interventions for coordinated leadership and organizational development strategies to facilitate effective evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation. This paper describes the initial feasibility, acceptabilit...

The study aimed at establishing the effect of cost leadership strategy on performance seed companies in Trans Nzoia County. Implementation findings and recommendations would be significant to several stakeholders for instance, they aid government guiding policy framework that enhance sustainable production hence national development. was anchored contingency theory Mintzberg’s 5Ps Strategy. Thi...

A number of typologies have been developed in the strategic management literature to categorize strategies that an organization can pursue at the business level. Extensive research has established Porter's generic strategies of (1) cost leadership, (2) differentiation, (3) differentiation focus, (4) cost focus, and (5) stuck-in-the-middle as the dominant paradigm in the literature. The purpose ...

We offer the following recommendations to strengthen the role of executive leadership in transforming the Canadian healthcare system: 1. Balance national vision and strategy with local flexibility 2. Develop avant-garde executive leadership competencies 3. Tap into expertise to develop executive leadership capacity and accelerate change 4. Foster executive leadership continuity and succession p...