... the faculty needs. Their interviews illustrated that they were consumed with the desire that their departments have “the highest quality clinical care, the best teaching, and the best research.” These chairs wanted leadership because: Gender Women Leadership Hospital management Management development...

...Helen Dickinson; Ross Millar; Michael West; Paul Smith; Libby Hampson; Jonathan Scott; Karen Bower Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine the introduction of innovation as part of a management development programme at a primary care organisation, a legal form known as a Primary Care Trust...

...P. Hyde; J. Braithwaite; A. Fitzgerald; Sally Sambrook Purpose Management development programmes available to NHS managers focus on a performance orientation and sustain a culture of managerial and medical domination. This paper aims to question whether it is possible to consider NHS management...

... NHS Trusts. Findings The paper finds some of the different discourses used by different managers, including those with a nursing background and those without. It examines how they talk about HRD, and also explores their own (management) development and the impact this has had on their sense...

... Limited 2005 Leaders Managers Quality Safety Management development It is no longer enough to run a service – managers need to continually improve their services. This is one of the changes in management which follows from more demanding patients, evidence of safety deficiencies...

... being added to the list of transient management “fads” which have characterised health care in recent years. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Leadership Nursing Management development In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of leadership...

... been more visible in the NHS than in any other area of the UK public sector (McNulty, 2002). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Change management Management development National Health Service Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler (Albert Einstein...

... or national training organisation for management education. It is funded by a selection of employers, and supported by government through the Department of Education and Employment. The MCI states that its mission is “to shape and promote management development – particularly competence‐based management...

... skills, once they have reached consultant level. In contrast, this paper evaluates a new management development initiative, designed to involve doctors and managers at an earlier career stage, and on an inter‐disciplinary basis. Interview and questionnaire responses indicate that specialist registrars...

...Graeme Currie Illustrates the failure of a competence‐based management development programme in a hospital trust to achieve organisational objectives. The approach and content of the management development programme is resisted by participants despite the facilitators drawing on management theory...

... were tape‐recorded and transcribed in full for subsequent content analysis. The interview schedule included 20 questions and covered: Directors Hospitals Management Management development Doctors have been engaged in the management of their hospitals, in different forms, since...

...John Loan‐Clarke Discusses the impact of a self‐governing hospital trust’s accredited management development programme designed for health‐care professionals responsible for managing natural clinical groups. The programme was a dual qualification: a level 5 national vocational qualification...

... between doctors receptive to the concept of management and those against. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Competences Doctors Management Charter Initiative Management development National Health Service Skills Many doctors employed in the National Health Service (NHS) regard “management...

...Richard Walker; Philip Morgan Reports the results of a survey of 209 senior registrars and 269 consultants throughout Wales to identify the management development needs of doctors and ascertain their views of the value and utility of current management development course offerings in Wales. Finds...

... and service innovations are rapidly eroded or copied,the only real source of competitive advantage lies in the ability to manage change”. It is this skill that transcends operational and strategic issues, and it is a skill that cannot easily be taught in a rational, didactic way. Management development...

...Sue Balderson; Una MacFadyen Having recognized the importance and inevitability of doctors becoming involved in the management of National Health Service (NHS) Trusts, the Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust initiated its own in‐house management development programme for senior medical staff...

... on an attempt to buttress external management control by changing doctors′ contracts and encouraging managers to supervise medical work more closely. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Consultants Doctors Management Management development National Health Service The majority of the consultants...

...Angelo Stefanini Discusses the lessons learned from a two‐year, WHO/DANIDA funded health management development project at district level in Zambia. The project was implemented by the Zambian Ministry of Health whose active interest and political commitment ensured the continuation and the country...

...” questionnaires. Most consultants emerged from the courses feeling more confident to handle their current and prospective management roles and the tangible returns to the organization suggest that advanced management development should continue for consultants being appointed to senior management roles...

... Doctors Management development Methodology National Health Service Research Training Journal of Management in Medicine 7,4 52 Researching the Doctor Manager Choosing Valid Methodologies Annabelle Mark Middlesex University, Hendon Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 7 No. 4. 1993, p. 52-59. ©...