Health Manpower Management: Volume 19 Issue 3
Table of contents
MEETING THE NEEDS OF NEW PARENTS
Karen FordDetails recent research carried out into the needs of new parents.Details the findings, and discusses the broad recommendations, which arethat there is a need to review parent…
TAKE FORTH YOUR HUMAN RESOURCE AGENDA – MANAGE PERFORMANCE AND REWARD
Susanne J. BrierleySuggests that managing performance should not just be a once‐a‐yearappraisal of people, but should be a dynamic process integrating thevarious aspects of organizational and human…
HIV/AIDS: SOME ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL ISSUES
Chris BennettDiscusses factors emerging from research into the management andorganizational processes involved in developing services for HIV/AIDSwhich affected the speed and character of the…
HEALTH CARE AND HIGHER EDUCATION: THE TIME DIARY APPROACH FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
Ian Chaston, Beryl Badger, Terry ManglesDiscusses a project which aimed to determine the employeedevelopment needs of Plymouth Polytechnic and Derriford Hospital NHSsenior technicians. Using the time diary approach, it…
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE
R. Carr‐Hill, G. DalleyTraces the origins of the fashion for quality assurance anddiscusses the requisites of a quality assurance strategy. On the basisof a Department of Health funded study in England…
THE GREAT URBAN OUTDOORS
David ThompsonThe Great Urban Outdoors is a management development exercise witha difference. Most outdoor exercises take place in an“unfamiliar” rural setting. This one is set in an…
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST
David Sims, Andrew SimsReviews the management role of consultant psychiatrists in thelight of recent NHS reforms. Tries to identify the needs of cliniciansand their patients and what is causing…