MANAGERIAL STYLES AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
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https://doi.org/10.12775/JPM.2010.001Keywords
managerial style, Information systems, organizational performanceAbstract
In a more dynamic and competitive environment, organizations are changing towards more flexible organizations, with the object of improving their performance. Thus some organizations are changing their information systems, others their managerial styles, and other both of them. This research attempts to explain how certain managerial styles and management information systems influence organizational performance. This study is developed in the Spanish public hospital sector. A three-stage analysis involving archival data, interviews and a questionnaire, was adopted thus enabling a systematic and comprehensive analysis. Results support a positive effect on performance of an interactive managerial styles and a sophisticated management information system.References
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