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Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr.
Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Health Care Management
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| Courses |
| Managing Complexity |
Course Syllabus |
| Knowledge Management |
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Course Syllabus |
| Academic Posts The University of Texas at Austin, 1972 - present; The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Florida State University; Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration; Claremont Graduate School; Baldwin-Wallace College |
| Research Areas Managing Complexity; Knowledge Management; Health Care Management; Organizational Design |
| Industry Areas Health Care; High Technology; Knowledge-Intensive Firms |
| Corporate and Public Sector Leadership Editorial Board, Health Care Management Review; Services Research Review Committee, National Institute of Mental Health Initial Review Group, 2003-2005; Scientific Advisory Committee, Plexus Institute, 2000 - 2005 |
| Recent Consultancies Daughters of Charity National Health Care System, St. Louis, Missouri; Mobil Corp., Beaumont, Texas & Fairfax, Virginia; Ontario Association of Health Administrators, Ontario, Canada; Seton Medical Center, Austin, Texas; Slumberger, Inc., Houston, Texas; Society for Nuclear Medicine, New York, New York; Texas Department of Human Services, Austin, Texas |
| Current Research Projects Organization and Design of Clinical Microsystems with emphasis on Primary Care Practices; Outcomes of Nursing Management Practice in Nursing Homes; Utilization of Information Systems: Assessing the Role of Values in Technology Adoption, Technological Barriers to Telemedicine, and Technology Management Implications; Development of Research Methods Informed by Complexity Science |
| Recent and Representative Publications |
| Books |
| (with Dean J. Driebe),
Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, 2005; p. 202. |
| Book Chapters |
| (with Dean J. Driebe), "Uncertainty and Surprise: An Introduction," in Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr.
and Dean J. Driebe, (Eds.) Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, 2005; pp. 3-11.
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| (with Dean J. Driebe), "Complexity, Uncertainty and Surprise: An Integrated View," in Reuben R.
McDaniel, Jr. and Dean J. Driebe (Eds.) Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, 2005; pp. 19-30. |
| "Chaos and Complexity in a Bioterrorism Future," in John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler, and Albert C. Zapantam
(Eds.) Advances in Health Care Management, Oxford, UK: Elsevier, Ltd., 2004; volume 4 pp. 119-139.
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| (with Dean J. Driebe),
"Complexity Science and Health Care Management," in John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler and Grant T. Savage, (Eds.)
Advances in Health Care Management, Stamford, CN: JAI Press, 2001, volume 2, pp. 11-36. |
| (with Karl Weick),
"How Professional Organizations Work: Implications for School Organization and Management," in Thomas J. Sergiovanni and John H. Moore,
Schooling for Tomorrow: Directing Reforms to Issues that Count, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1989; pp. 330-355. |
| Articles |
| Lawrence, Fulton, McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr., Hassell, L. Harrison, Wojcik, Barbara. Optimization
approaches for the relocation of medical assets, European Journal of Operational Research, submitted September 2007. |
| Leykum, L. K., Pugh, J., Lawrence, V., Parchman M., Noel, P.H., Cornell, J., McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr. (2007).
Organizational interventions employing principles of complexity science have improved outcomes for patients with Type II diabetis, Implementation Science, in press. |
| McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr. (2007). Management strategies for complex adaptive systems: Sensemaking,
learning, and improvisation, Performance Improvement Quarterly, 20(2) 21-42.
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| Orzano, A. John, Tallia, Alfred F., McInerney, Claire R., McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr., Crabtree, Benjamin F.
(2007, April). Strategies for developing a knowledge-driven culture in your practice, Family Practice Management, 14(4) 32-34 |
| Fulton, Larry, Lasdon, Leon S., McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr. (March 2007). Cost drivers and resource
allocation in military health care systems, Military Medicine, 172(3) 244-249 |
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Tallia, Alfred F., Lanham, Holly, J., McDaniel, Reuben R. Jr., Crabtree, Benjamin F. (2006, January). 7 Characteristics of successful work relationships, Family Practice Management, 13(1) 47-50.
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| Anderson, R. A., Ammarell, N., Bailey, D., Jr., Colόn-Emeric, C., Corazzini, K. N., Lillie, M.,
Piven, M. L. S., Utley-Smith, Q., & McDaniel, R. R., Jr. (2005, October). Nurse assistant mental models, sensemaking, care actions, and consequences for nursing home residents. Qualitative Health Research, 15(8) 1006-1021.
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| Stroebel, Christine K., McDaniel, Reuben R., Jr., Crabtree, Benjamin F. et al. (2005, August).
How complexity science can inform a reflective process for improvement in primary care practices. Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 31(8) 438-446.
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| (with Ruth A. Anderson, Benjamin F. Crabtree, and David J. Steele), "Case Study Research: The View from Complexity Science,"
Qualitative Health Research, 2005, 15(5): 669-685. |
| (with David L. Paul), "A Field Study of the Effect of Interpersonal Trust on Virtual
Collaborative Relationship Performance," MIS Quarterly, June 2004, 28(2): 183-227. |
| (with Deborah Cohen, Benjamin F. Crabtree, et al.), "A Practice Change Model for Quality Improvement in Primary Care Practice,"
Journal of Healthcare Management, 2004, 49(3): 155-168. |
| (with Ruth A. Anderson, and Kirsten N. Corazzini), "Complexity Science and the Dynamics of Climate and Communication: Reducing Nursing
Home Turnover," The Gerontologist, 2004, 44(3): 378-388 |
| (with Michelle E. Jordan and Brigitte F. Fleeman), "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! A Complexity Science View of the Unexpected,"
Health Care Management Review, 2003, 28(3): 266-278. |
| (with Ruth A. Anderson and Michele I. Issel), "Nursing Homes as Complex Adaptive
Systems: Relationship between Management Practice and Resident Outcomes," Nursing Research, Jan-Feb 2003, 52(1): 12-21. |
| (with Alfred F. Tallia, Kurt C. Stange, Virginia A. Aita, William L. Miller, and
Benjamin F. Crabtree), "Understanding Organizational Designs of Primary Care Practices,"
Journal of Healthcare Management, 2003, 48(1): 45-61. |
| (with Donde P. Ashmos, Dennis Duchon and John W. Huonker)
"What a Mess! Participation as a Simple Managerial Rule to 'Complexify' Organizations,"
Journal of Management Studies, 39(2), March 2002: pp 189-206 |
| Professional Awards |
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Distinguished Speaker, Health Care Management Division, Academy of Management, 2006 |
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Fellow at the IC2 Institute, 2005 |
| Outstanding Elective Professor, MBA - McCombs School of Business, 2005 |
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Civitatis Award for exceptional service to The University of Texas at Austin, 2004 |
| Merit-Based Research Award, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, McCombs School of Business |
| Outstanding Elective Professor awarded by McCombs School of Business MBA Class of 2005 |
| Elective Faculty Honor Roll, Fall 2001, Spring
2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, McCombs School of Business |
| Excellence in Education Teaching Award, McCombs School of Business, 2002-2003 |
| Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service
Award, Health Care Management Division, Academy of Management, 2001 |
| Key D Award, Outstanding Alumnus, Drexel University, 1988 |