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A model of organisational dysfunction in the NHS
Rachael Pope, Bernard BurnesThis paper explores the reasons for the sometimes seemingly irrational and dysfunctional organisational behaviour within the NHS. It seeks to provide possible answers to the…
Managing between the agendas: implementing health care reform policy in an acute care hospital
Roslyn Sorensen, Glenn Paull, Linda Magann, JanMaree DavisThis paper aims to assess administrative and clinical manager stances on health system reform. Understanding these stances will help to identify cultural differences and competing…
A change management perspective on the introduction of music therapy to interprofessional teams
Alison Ledger, Jane Edwards, Michael Morley– The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a change management perspective contributes new understandings about music therapy implementation processes.
Organizational models of school health services in the WHO European Region
Valentina Baltag, Miriam LeviThe purpose of this article is to produce a taxonomy of organizational models of school health services (SHS) in the WHO European Region, and to reflect upon the potential of each…
Managerial strategies to reorient hospitals towards health promotion: Lessons from organisational theory
Florian RöthlinReorienting health services towards health promotion is one of the major health promotion strategies stipulated by the Ottawa Charter). Important contradictions, tensions and…
Tackling disinvestment in health care services: The views of resource allocators in the English NHS
Tom Daniels, Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson, Katie SpenceThe aims of this paper are to explore the experiences of budget holders within the English National Health Service (NHS), in their attempts to implement programmes of…
