Module 4 Journal Southern New Hampshire University Business 210 09:01:34 GMT -05:00 Munson Healthcare What is leadership like for an acute rural hospital? I would like to personally share my experience as an employee for the past three years. I have encountered some great leadership during my...
What is leadership like for an acute rural hospital? I would like to personally share my
experience as an employee for the past three years. I have encountered some great leadership
during my employment from direct leadership. Unfortunately, I have seen some bad leadership
within the administrative side of the hospital. Munson Health care is a large corporation who
bought four other hospitals and combined them under one “system”. During the purchases of
these hospitals came restructuring of many departments and the process in which things were
handled day by day. Leadership is a strong point for some departments but as you climb the
corporate ladder it seems to diminish. Although there is a lack of strong leadership within the
corporate side of this organization, they do have the patient’s best interest in mind. For example,
their mission and vision statements flow together. Their vision statement states: “Munson
Healthcare and its partners will work together to provide superior quality care and promote
community health.” When I read this vision statement, I interpreted a company who will work as
a team to support and provide excellent care to their patients. In addition to the mission statement
their vision statement states: “Working together, we will be the first choice for care within the
communities we serve. Once again reading the vision statement, the organization is focused on
excellent healthcare and teamwork to provide the best services in the area.
Munson Healthcare Leadership in depth
I started with Munson Healthcare approximately three years ago. I began working on the
hospital side as a registration clerk for outpatient services. We had an “educator coordinator” and
a regional manager. We went through approximately 2-3 educator coordinators during my first
year on the job due to decisions made by upper management they did not agree with. My
regional manager was fantastic. She exhibited a more Democratic leadership role. I personally
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