Upholding the Missions of Academic Medical Centers: New Work Roles for CEOs

Abstract

This study uses Henry Mintzberg's classification of ten work roles of managers, and narrows it down to four work roles which are most frequently performed by CEOs as they uphold academic medical centers’ missions of providing quality medical education, research and patient care. Through principal component analysis, the four roles were used to form a typology of CEOs. This typology can be used to identify work roles of CEOs in AMCs. Furthermore, AMCs can use this typology in the hiring process to identify CEO candidates that would best fit the requirements of the organization. In addition, it can be used to train and develop CEOs to improve their performance, especially to conduct appropriate tasks which will strengthen AMC missions. Key Words: missions of academic medical centers, CEO work roles, typology of CEOs