Health Manpower Management: Volume 19 Issue 1
Table of contents
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: INVOLVING STAFF IN THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION
J. Fred RayworthDiscusses total quality management from the point of view of theuser not just the provider of services and in terms of the TQM drive forperfection of standards that continue to…
REVIEWING THE NHS IPR SCHEME
Susanne J. BrierleyExamines early steps in implementing the NHS national individualperformance review scheme. Participating trusts have taken widelydifferent approaches. Provides examples.
NURSES′ PAY AND THE LABOUR MARKET
James BuchanDiscusses labour market characteristics for nurses, competingdemand for nurses and the role of pay in nursing labour markets, in thelight of a recent report. Examines the…
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR CLINICIANS: THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
Graeme CurrieIdentifies the influence of organization structure upon the successof management development interventions in a typical district healthauthority. Uses Henry Mintzberg′s work on…
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR GPs AND PRACTICE MANAGERS
Lesley TimingsReports on a regional health authority′s management developmentprogramme for GPs and practice managers which has contributedsubstantially to “consolidating the pioneering spirit”…
ADMINISTRATION TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
John Edmonstone, Carole ChisnellDescribes findings of an action research study of the role of thebusiness manager within the clinical directorate. The study wasconcerned with recruitment and selection…
CUTTING THE MUSTARD AND CRES
Annabelle MarkArgues that there is a risk of alienating members of the new boardsof the trusts in the reformed NHS, who are initially in sympathy withthe ideas of reform but who, often…
TACKLING SICKNESS: A MANPOWER PLANNING APPROACH
Neil Flintham, Ian StinsonLooks at ways of reducing sickness levels through efficientmanpower planning rather than traditional operational methods. Presentsframework of research undertaken at North Herts…