APM perspectivesLeadership in Academic Medicine: Capabilities and Conditions for Organizational Success
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Factors necessary for success
This study identified a number of critical factors essential for a chair to succeed as an effective leader of a department of internal medicine. In general, chairs viewed their success explicitly as departmental success at that institution. Such success, according to the chairs, was a function of the financial health and status of each of the missions of the department within the medical school.
A critical factor for success is congruency in the expectations of the department chair, the medical
Barriers to success
Not surprisingly, elements exist that proved to be barriers to success. These impediments created dysfunctional organizations, making it more difficult for a chair to lead a clinical department effectively. In particular, the 10 chairs of this study emphasized four barriers: the relationship between the chair and the CEO of the teaching hospital, the organizational structure of the institution, a lack of work-life balance, and the selection process for academic leaders. In The Successful
Recommendations
To overcome these barriers and strengthen the factors necessary for successful chairs of clinical departments, the academic medical community should consider four recommendations:
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