Health Manpower Management: Volume 24 Issue 5

Building human resources capability in health care: a global analysis of best practice ‐ part III

Mohamed Zairi

This is the last part of a series of three papers which discussed very comprehensively best practice applications in human resource management by drawing special inferences to the…

Developing our leaders in the future

Mark Hackett, Peter Spurgeon

The role of the chief executive in a transformed organisation is an extremely challenging one. The development of vision, building a commitment to it and communicating it…

Systematic analysis and controlling of health care organisations lead to numerical health care improvements

Johannes Möller, Hans‐Günther Sonntag

The EFQM model for organisational excellence is used in the health care sector as a tool to diagnose and assess the starting position for an effective QM programme. Feedback…

Substance abuse and dependence in physicians: detection and treatment

Patrick Asubonteng Rivers, Sejong Bae

Substance abuse continues to increase and permeate all sectors of US society including the medical profession. This article details the importance of testing everyone associated…

Ready for take‐off: realising the potential of the education and training consortia

John Edmonstone

Education consortia are now over 18 months old and can be seen as a “hybrid” between a top‐down resource allocation system and a bottom‐up workforce planning system. The strengths…