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Social enterprise in health organisation and management: hybridity or homogeneity?
Ross MillarThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on social enterprise as an organisational form in health organisation and management.
Managing in the context of healthcare's escalating technology and evolving culture
Dawn E. Bowden, Stanley J. SmitsAs healthcare has become more scientifically based and far more sophisticated in terms of technology, it has become more fragmented in terms of care‐giving, and less personal. The…
Quality improvement through clinical communities: eight lessons for practice
Emma‐Louise Aveling, Graham Martin, Natalie Armstrong, Jay Banerjee, Mary Dixon‐WoodsApproaches to quality improvement in healthcare based on clinical communities are founded in practitioner networks, peer influence and professional values. However, evidence for…
Organisational culture and change: implementing person‐centred care
Eric D. Carlström, Inger EkmanThe purpose of this paper is to explore the connection between organisational cultures and the employee's resistance to change at five hospital wards in Western Sweden. Staff had…
A systems perspective on nursing productivity
Nicola North, Frances HughesRecent New Zealand reports have identified the nursing workforce for its potential to make a significant contribution to increased productivity in health services. The purpose of…
Radical change in healthcare organization: Mapping transition between templates, enabling factors, and implementation processes
Samia Chreim, B.E. (Bernie) Williams, Kristene E. CollerThe purpose of this paper is to examine: the content of radical change by mapping differences between two templates for organizing delivery of healthcare; the enabling and…
Implementing organisation and management innovations in Swedish healthcare: Lessons from a comparison of 12 cases
John Øvretveit, Magna Andreen‐Sachs, Jan Carlsson, Helena Gustafsson, Johan Hansson, Christina Keller, Susana Lofgren, Pamela Mazzocato, Sara Tolf, Mats BrommelsThe purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of 12 different organisation and management innovations (OMIs) in Swedish healthcare, to discover the generic and…
Determinants of managerial competencies for primary care managers in Southern Thailand
Faridahwati Mohd‐Shamsudin, Nirachon ChuttipattanaThe purpose of this paper is first, to identify the critical managerial competencies of primary care managers; and second, to determine the relationship between personality and…