Aligning Executive Scanning with Strategic Management : The Stages of Executive Scanning Process in Healthcare Organizations

  • Suh, Won-S. (Dep. of Healthcare Management, Kyungwon University)
  • 서원식 (경원대학교 의료경영학과)
  • Published : 2007.06.30

Abstract

The thrust in this paper is to discuss the dimensions of executive scanning process (ESP) that support continuous scanning activities by executives. Executive scanning is especially important for the healthcare organizations in these days since the environment they are faced with is extremely complex and dynamic. While much has been written about ESP, two important aspects have been underemphasized in the past. The first is a link to the strategic management process (SMP) or the issue of strategy-scanning alignment. The second is a feedback loop to verify the quality of information generated through scanning process. This paper discusses the improved ESP by adding these two features.

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