Successful negotiating among the tribes in your organization

Mich Health Hosp. 2002 May-Jun;38(3):12-3.

Abstract

As the author of Tribal Warfare in Organizations, I have spent my career refereeing conflicts among the tribes in organizations. Health care has more tribal battles than most other work settings. Although some people swear that health care attracts a higher percentage of cantankerous personalities, this is not true. Complexity breeds tribal tensions, and health care is a very complex environment. There are more professions, more highly complex services, and fewer resources.

MeSH terms

  • Conflict, Psychological*
  • Hospitals, Community / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Negotiating*
  • Personnel, Hospital
  • United States