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Abraham, Jean Marie
 (PhD)
Begun, James
 (PhD)
Blewett, Lynn
 (PhD)
Call, Kathleen Thiede
 (PhD)
Christianson, Jon
 (PhD)
Davern, Michael
 (PhD)
Dowd, Bryan
 (PhD)
Feldman, Roger
 (PhD)
Foote, Susan Bartlett
 (JD MA)
Garrard, Judith
 (PhD)
Grant, Leslie
 (PhD)
Kane, Robert
 (MD)
Kane, Rosalie
 (PhD)
Karaca-Mandic, Pinar
 (PhD)
Kuntz, Karen
 (ScD)
McAlpine, Donna
 (PhD)
McBean, A. Marshall
 (MD MSc)
McCullough, Jeffrey
 (PhD)
Moscovice, Ira
 (PhD)
Mosser, Gordon
 (MD)
Nyman, John
 (PhD)
Potthoff, Sandra
 (PhD)
Riley, William
 (PhD)
Rockwood, Todd
 (PhD)
Sainfort, François
 (PhD)
Town, Robert
 (PhD)
Virnig, Beth
 (PhD)
Weckwerth, Vernon
 (PhD)
Wholey, Douglas
 (PhD)
Zismer, Daniel
 (PhD)

   

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James Begun.

James Begun, Ph.D.

James A. Hamilton Term Professor in Healthcare Management

Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1977

M.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1975

B.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1972

begun001@umn.edu

Office Phone: 612-624-9319

James Begun is the James A. Hamilton Term Professor in Healthcare Management in the Division of Health Policy and Management. His research specialties include applications of complexity science, evolution of healthcare professions, and the structure and strategy of healthcare organizations.

His current research interests include the evolution of the profession of nursing, strategic planning in healthcare, and interprofessional healthcare practice.

Teaches

PUBH 6540 Healthcare Organizational Behavior

PUBH 6542 Management of Healthcare Organizations

PUBH 6751 Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations

PUBH 6727 Health Leadership and Effecting Change

Selected Publications

"Hospital Service Offerings: Does Catholic Ownership Matter?" with K.R. White and W. Tian, Health Care Management Review, 31 (2), 2006

"Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance," with H.J. Jiang and B. Friedman, Journal of Health Care Finance, 32 (3), 2006

"Opportunities for Improving Patient Care Through Lateral Integration: The Clinical Nurse Leader," with J. Tornabeni and K.R. White, Journal of Healthcare Management, 51 (1), 2006

"An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Strategic Planning in Two Metropolitan Areas," with A. Kaissi, Journal of Healthcare Management, 50 (4), 2005

"Diffusion of Breast Conservation Surgery in Medical Communities," with B. Jerome-D’Emilia, Social Science and Medicine, 60 (1), 2005

"Uncertainty in Health Care Environments," with A. Kaissi, Health Care Management Review, 29 (1), 2004

"Definition and Scope of Health Services Administration," with A. Kaissi, Journal of Health Administration Education, 21 (2), 2004

"Health Care Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems," with B. Zimmerman and K. Dooley, Advances in Health Care Organization Theory, 2003

"Dynamics of Change in Local Physician Specialty Mix," with J. Jiang, Social Science and Medicine, 54 (10), 2002

"Reshaping Health Professions in the New Marketplace," with R. Luke, Advances in Health Care Management, 2001

"Factors Underlying Organizational Change in Local Health Care Markets," with R. Luke, Health Care Management Review, 26 (2), 2001

"Strategic Cycling: Shaking Complacency in Healthcare Strategic Planning," with K. Heatwole, Journal of Healthcare Management, 44 (5), 1999

Strategic Adaptation in the Health Professions: Meeting the Challenges of Change, with R. Lippincott, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, 1993

Professional Experience

Board of Directors, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, 2006-

Editorial Board, Health Care Management Review, 2005-

Science Advisory Board, Plexus Institute, 2002-

Advisory Board, Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, 2001-

Editorial Board, Advances in Health Care Management, 1999-

Founding Member, Board of Directors, Upsilon Phi Delta (Health Administration Honor Society), 2001-2004

Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration: Commissioner, 1996-2002; Chair, 2001-02

Board of Directors, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2001-2002

Chair, Healthcare Administration Division, Academy of Management, 1989-90

Honors

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, MHA Class of 2006

Curtis Cup Outstanding Teacher Award, Carlson Executive MBA Class of 2000; Class of 2002

Edgar C. Hayhow Article of the Year Award, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2001

Outstanding Faculty Member Award, MSHA Class of 2000, Virginia Commonwealth University

B.A., summa cum laude, University of North Carolina, 1972

 

 
 
 
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