.... The paper also provides suggestions for further improvements and development. The paper highlights the area of metaphors within QM as an important area for future research. It also provides insights concerning the successful use and selection of metaphors in future QM practice. Change management...

.... The article analyses an area in which there is a general lack of empirical research. Change management Innovation Quality management Public administration Innovation implementation Innovation must not simply be another name for change, or for improvement, or even for doing something new lest...

...); and change adopters (early adopters, maintainers, users). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Change management Health care Organizational development Quality improvement Change facilitation The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. A questionnaire with four...

... to define a model of evidence‐based change management base practice. A structured literature review is used to search for contemporary models and definitions of organizational change best practice. Findings No consistent definitions of organizational change best practice are to be found...

... and the Chairman of the local Hospital Board it was self‐evident that the new CEO for Mölndal Hospital should share the Bohus County philosophy. Lean production Boards Senior management Change management Organizational change The development at FSAB exemplifies the complexity of organizing quality...