... Organizational performance Healthcare Hospitals Organizations SEM Strategic alignment, a concept that involves aligning an organization's internal functional strategies with its external competitive strategies, has attracted both academics and practitioners over the past 3 decades (Henderson...

... of the engagement process as it relates to the deliberative outcome. As members of particular occupational groups or organizations often have qualitatively distinct values and objectives (Garman et al., 2006), we postulate that ethnographic methods will enhance the evaluations and conclusions...

... was a short (90 s) animated video to describe the health system as the network of organizations that have health information and share it for health care, public health, research, and payment to provide a common understanding. A 117-item survey measured system trust, trust in information brokers, public...

.... Markets, and market‐like structures, control behaviour through competitive forces and price signals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health care Quality improvement Organizations Health organization and management Networks Social sciences Social norms Quality Professionals...

... the organic theory of organisational management, could apply in discharge programmes. The data gathered enabled the researcher to arrive at a model of management which is suitable for managing organisational changes in discharge programmes, the named “stakeholder management model”. These developments led...

... sociological concepts pertaining to gender, knowledge, professionalization, and organizations have direct relevance for the study of nurses' work and can provide new perspectives for deeper questioning about nurses' work experiences. Originality/value Unprecedented organizational restructuring in health...

... Organizations Non‐profit organizations Mentally handicapped people Budgets The Netherlands In many countries strengthening the position of the patient, often also described as client or consumer, is an important driver for change in healthcare. This objective can be pursued by legislation on patient...

...Marcia Terra da Silva; Graydon Davison Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether an organisation's configuration, with regard to its operating environment, could have a bearing on the learning that occurs within the organisation because the configuration can be considered an artefact capable...

... than 20 years she has been involved in research and the leadership development of individuals and organizations through programmes for top and senior managers, women, and black and minority ethnic group managers across the NHS, local government and other UK public and private sector organizations...

...Steve Willcocks This paper aims to explore the early experiences of a new primary care organisation in the NHS. It reports the findings of a longitudinal qualitative case study of one primary care group in its first year of operation. It concludes and makes recommendations in four key areas...

... for his support and very helpful comments, and also the Israel National Foundation for Science (grant 655/94) for its generous financial support. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Doctors Behaviour Organizations The structure, organization, and financing of health care in the West have changed...

... will fall away as their redundancy emerges for itself, with public attitude part of the solution rather than part of the problem. What is much more important is tackling the new alternative. Health care Management Organizations Public sector Imagine for a moment, says George Akerlof...

... in Britain. Suggests that these centre on a largely indifferent but powerful national government and an emphasis within the movement initiatives at the level of a politically marginalized local state. Health Organizations Policy Politics UK Health for All continues to act as a potential focus...

... formally evaluating these methods[ 3 , 4 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Child care Effectiveness Health care Organizations Current primary immunization uptake in England and Wales for children aged two years is in excess of 90 per cent for all antigens[ 1 ]. Despite these high...

...Karl McCleary; Patrick Asubonteng; George Munchus Examines the relationship between the presence of financial incentives and their effect on physician behaviour in health maintenance organizations (HMOs). By reviewing the scope and dimensions of both HMOs and financial incentives, a foundation...