Case Study

Georgina Brown: Taking charge

2 pages
December 2011
Reference: IMD-4-0331

Georgina Brown is hired as the new CEO of a large UK hospital with a mandate to quickly shore up the institution’s financial situation. Though highly qualified for the job, she meets resistance from the medically staffed senior management team. As they question her analysis and judgement, she must rethink her leadership in the CEO role.

Learning Objective

The learning objective is to analyse how Georgina Brown is authorized and de-authorized in her leadership role by her management team as well as by her own actions.

Keywords
Authority, Leadership, New Job, Health, Hospital, Organizational Behavior
Settings
Europe
2005
Type
Generalized Experience
Copyright
© 2011
Available Languages
English
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