The Mathematical and Informational Directorate of the US Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
J Nurs Adm. 2010 Nov;40(11):456-9. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181f88a8b.
As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the 16th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, Dr Clancy, the editor of this column, and co-author, Dr West, discuss how the collapse of global financial markets in 2008 may provide valuable insight into mechanisms of complex system behavior in healthcare. Dr West, a physicist and expert in the field of complex systems and network science, is author of a chapter in the book, On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity (Lindberg C, Nash S, Linberg C. Bordertown, NJ: Plexus Press; 2008) and his most recent book, Disrupted Networks: From Physics to Climate Change (West BJ, Scafetta N. Singapore: Disrupted Networks, World Scientific Publishing; 2010).
随着系统随时间的演变，它们自然会变得越来越复杂。复杂系统领域的研究为医院等社会组织的管理带来了新的视角。这项研究很大程度上是系统理论跨学科领域的自然延伸。这是将复杂系统科学应用于规划、组织、指导、协调和控制等传统管理概念的系列文章中的第 16 篇。在本文中，本专栏编辑克兰西博士和合著者韦斯特博士讨论了 2008 年全球金融市场崩溃如何为医疗保健领域复杂系统行为的机制提供有价值的见解。韦斯特博士是物理学家，也是复杂系统和网络科学领域的专家，他是《On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity》（Lindberg C，Nash S，Linberg C. Bordertown，NJ：Plexus Press；2008）一书中一章的作者，也是他最近出版的书《Disrupted Networks: From Physics to Climate Change》（West BJ，Scafetta N. Singapore：Disrupted Networks，World Scientific Publishing；2010）的作者。
