Voluntary coordination as a strategy of plan implementation for health systems agencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D E Berry, Duncan Berry, G R Candia, González Candia |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1035-1039 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.69.10.1035 |
| PMID | 484757 |
| OpenAlex | W2124487839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Health planning agencies are faced with the difficult mission of guiding change within a large complex social system whose power is dispersed. Initial short- and long-range plans have been established as frameworks, and now the major focus is implementation. Regulation (non-voluntary coordination) and voluntary coordination are the major means of implementation. Voluntary coordination is a significant strategy for consideration by Health Systems Agencies (HSAs). It may interact with regulation as a competitor, substitute, or complement. Because of limited regulatory powers, HSAs are dependent upon voluntary coordination as a major means of influencing behavior. Conflict, a major feature of voluntary coordination, has the potential of being used as a constructive means for dialogue; negotiation and bargaining may become positive approaches to arriving at decisions. Legitimized community authority is the primary source of authority in a strategy dominated by voluntary coordination as contrasted to state or federal mandates in a regulatory strategy. Knowledge of the environment within which the HSA operates will assist HSA staff and board to arrive at rational and realistic decisions
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| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1982 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |