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Diagnosing the Task

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Management in Health Care

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Part II of this book is devoted to identifying the appropriate leader behaviour for motivating people in a system to accomplish a goal. This process involves diagnosing the environment—self, system, and task— and applying leader behaviour theory.

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La Monica, E.L. (1994). Diagnosing the Task. In: Management in Health Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23156-0_6

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