Leadership development in health care: a word of caution

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Journal of Health Organization and Management

ISSN: 1477-7266
Previously published as: Journal of Management in Medicine

Online from: 2003

Subject Area: Health Care Management/Healthcare

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Document Information:
Title:	Leadership development in health care: a word of caution
Author(s):	Alistair Hewison, (School of Health Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK), Maggie Griffiths, (University of Birmingham, UK)
Citation:	Alistair Hewison, Maggie Griffiths, (2004) "Leadership development in health care: a word of caution", Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol. 18 Iss: 6, pp.464 - 473
Keywords:	Leadership, Management development, Nursing
Article type:	Conceptual Paper
DOI:	10.1108/14777260410570018 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Leadership development is seen as central to the modernisation agenda of the NHS. It has been identified in key policy documents and a range of leadership development programmes have been developed to meet this need. This paper reviews the evidence concerning leadership development in nursing. The conclusion reached is that leadership is only one element in the changes that need to occur in health care. Too much emphasis on leadership without an equal concern for transforming the organisations nurses and other health personnel work in may result in leadership being added to the list of transient management “fads” which have characterised health care in recent years.