Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 26 Issue 2

Social enterprise in health organisation and management: hybridity or homogeneity?

Ross Millar

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on social enterprise as an organisational form in health organisation and management.

Managing in the context of healthcare's escalating technology and evolving culture

Dawn E. Bowden, Stanley J. Smits

As healthcare has become more scientifically based and far more sophisticated in terms of technology, it has become more fragmented in terms of care‐giving, and less personal. The…

Quality improvement through clinical communities: eight lessons for practice

Emma‐Louise Aveling, Graham Martin, Natalie Armstrong, Jay Banerjee, Mary Dixon‐Woods

Approaches to quality improvement in healthcare based on clinical communities are founded in practitioner networks, peer influence and professional values. However, evidence for…

Organisational culture and change: implementing person‐centred care

Eric D. Carlström, Inger Ekman

The purpose of this paper is to explore the connection between organisational cultures and the employee's resistance to change at five hospital wards in Western Sweden. Staff had…

A systems perspective on nursing productivity

Nicola North, Frances Hughes

Recent New Zealand reports have identified the nursing workforce for its potential to make a significant contribution to increased productivity in health services. The purpose of…

Radical change in healthcare organization: Mapping transition between templates, enabling factors, and implementation processes

Samia Chreim, B.E. (Bernie) Williams, Kristene E. Coller

The purpose of this paper is to examine: the content of radical change by mapping differences between two templates for organizing delivery of healthcare; the enabling and…

Implementing organisation and management innovations in Swedish healthcare: Lessons from a comparison of 12 cases

John Øvretveit, Magna Andreen‐Sachs, Jan Carlsson, Helena Gustafsson, Johan Hansson, Christina Keller, Susana Lofgren, Pamela Mazzocato, Sara Tolf, Mats Brommels

The purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of 12 different organisation and management innovations (OMIs) in Swedish healthcare, to discover the generic and…

Determinants of managerial competencies for primary care managers in Southern Thailand

Faridahwati Mohd‐Shamsudin, Nirachon Chuttipattana

The purpose of this paper is first, to identify the critical managerial competencies of primary care managers; and second, to determine the relationship between personality and…

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