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Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior in Dental Education: Reflections on Key Issues in an Environment of Change
Author(s) -
Dunning David G.,
Durham Timothy M.,
Lange Brian M.,
Aksu Mert N.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2009.73.6.tb04748.x
Subject(s) - dental education , resizing , key (lock) , managing change , organizational change , dental care , medical education , public relations , medicine , psychology , business , political science , dentistry , computer science , european union , economic policy , computer security
With issues such as shrinking revenue, access to care, faculty workloads, and graying faculty, dental schools are faced with difficult challenges that fall to dental school deans to manage. Do dental school deans have the organizational skill sets and ethical frameworks necessary to address the challenges now facing dental schools? The purpose of this article is to pose questions and suggestions regarding some of the key issues in dental colleges today and to stimulate discussion in the dental community about needed changes in dental education.