Open AccessThe Scanning Of Task Environments In Hospitals: An Empirical Study
Author(s) -
Ram Subramanian,
Kundan Kumar,
Charles Yauger
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v10i4.5913
Subject(s) - task (project management) , test (biology) , operations management , computer science , engineering , ecology , systems engineering , biology
The objectives of the paper were to identify the natural taxonomy of hospitals based on their task environmental scanning activities, and to test if scanning practices had any relationship with the overall performance of these hospitals. A cluster analysis yielded for groups of hospitals each of which had distinct scanning characteristics. Results showed significantly different performances across these groups. Hospitals with the most advanced scanning function performed better than hospitals that used less advanced methods to scan the task environment.