Organizing and Reorganizing: Power and Change in Health Care Organizations Power and Change in Health Care Organizations

by Ferlie, Ewan; Hyde, Paula; McKee, Lorna

• ISBN13: 9780230542945
• ISBN10: 0230542948
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Following on from the success of the last four years, this new book includes the best papers from the 2006 Organizational Behaviour in Health Care conference. Addressing contemporary issues such as policy, collaborate and public engagement, this book is a unique collection of outstanding contributions to current debates.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xxii
Introduction	p. xxiii
Medicine and Management in English Primary Care: A Shifting Balance of Power?	p. 1
Processes of Change in the Reconfiguration of Hospital Services: The Role of Stakeholder Involvement	p. 19
Hospital Sector Organisational Restructuring: Evidence of Its Futility	p. 33
Decentralization as a Means to Reorganize Health-Care in England: From Theory to Practice?	p. 46
Va Va Voom, Size Doesn't Matter: Form and Function in the NHS	p. 59
Evidence-Based Management: The Power of Evidence or Evidence of Power?	p. 75
'Speaking Truth to Power': On the Discomforts of Researching the Contemporary Policy Process	p. 87
It's Part of the Job: Healthcare Restructuring and the Health and Safety of Nursing Aides	p. 99
Chasing Chameleons, Chimeras and Caterpillars: Evaluating an Organizational Innovation in the National Health Service	p. 112
Engaging the Public Voice in Health Care Decision-Making	p. 123
The Swampy Lowland: Using Hyperlinks to Navigate the Multiple Realities of Partnership	p. 139
Systems Thinking for Knowledge Integration: New Models for Policy-Research Collaboration	p. 154
Strategies of Persuasion: The Efforts of Nurse Practitioners in Institutionalizing a New Role	p. 167
Knowledge to Action? The Implications for Policy and Practice of Research on Innovation Processes	p. 180
Is the Best Defense a Good Offense? Marketing of Quality by US Nursing Homes	p. 194
Models of Medical Work Control: A Theory Elaboration from English General Practice	p. 209
Author Index	p. 224
Subject Index	p. 230
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