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Geburtshilfe durch Hebammen
(2011)
Scientific Entrepreneurship: Raising A wareness of Entrepreneurship - Strategies ans Experiences
(2011)
Background: IT is getting an increasing importance in hospitals. In this
context, major IT decisions are often made by CEOs who are not necessarily IT
experts. Objectives: Therefore, this study aimed at a) exploring different types of IT
decision makers at CEO level, b) identifying hypotheses if trust exists between these
different types of CEOs and their CIOs and c) building hypotheses on potential
consequences regarding risk taking and innovation. Methods: To this end, 14
qualitative interviews with German hospital CEOs were conducted to explore the
research questions. Results: The study revealed three major types: IT savvy CEOs,
IT enthusiastic CEOs and IT indifferent CEOs. Depending on these types, their
relationship with the CIO varied in terms of trust and common language. In case of
IT indifferent CEOs, a potential vicious circle of lack of IT knowledge, missing trust,
low willingness to take risks and low innovation power could be identified.
Conclusion: In order to break of this circle, CEOs seem to need more IT knowledge
and / or greater trust in their CIO.
Heiner Müller: Die Korrektur
(2003)
Weitermüllern: Marianne Streisand, Richard Herzinger, Bernd Koß´und Joachim Lehmann im Gespräch
(2004)
Brecht und der Theatersport
(2006)
Heiner Müller
(2009)
Erzählen und Stimme
(2009)
Intimität
(2006)
Rhythmische Räume
(2005)