...Anniken Hagelund Purpose Activation policies are key elements of contemporary welfare reform throughout Europe. The purpose of this paper is to explore the consequences of more active and individualised welfare policies for conceptualisations of professionalism and competence in the welfare...

...Paul D. Blakeman Interviews and observation of NHS state‐registered chiropody (podiatry) has been used to study the effects of NHS reforms on professional identity, which inevitably yielded information on management processes. This paper adapts and expands Hood's interpretation of Douglas's grid...

... to product development but accepted that there were cases of single and sole sourcing by default; they distinguished sole source as being one source because no other feasible source exists, for example where the supplier owns exclusive rights. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Professionalism Purchasing...