...Paul Gretton-Watson; Sandra G. Leggat; Jodi Oakman Purpose This study explores how governance, cultural norms and resources contribute to workplace bullying in surgical teams across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It draws on Systems Theory and the Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) to examine...

...Carlos Manuel Nunes; Patrícia Gomes; Joaquim Santana Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of key contextual factors, specifically those related to governance structures and resource availability, on the operational and financial performance of hospitals. Design/methodology/approach...

... of this study is to identify the resources and constraints that influence managers' mental health and better understand how they are affected by them. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was chosen to document the resources, the constraints as well as their consequences on managers...

...Lena Ansmann; Vera Vennedey; Hendrik Ansgar Hillen; Stephanie Stock; Ludwig Kuntz; Holger Pfaff; Russell Mannion; Kira Isabel Hower Purpose Healthcare systems are under pressure to improve their performance, while at the same time facing severe resource constraints, particularly workforce...

...-level managers. Infrastructural deficits and shortfalls in operational resources scaled back the capacity to efficiently manage inventory and ensure that commodities reach clients in good quality. Originality/value Finding suggest that capacity building of HSC workers, strengthening of health...

.../value The paper concludes that time estimates for scheduled operations can be better used to assess the need for surgical operating capacity than current measures of demand or capacity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Demand Resources Waiting lists Surgery Anaesthetics United...

... on which this strategy has been based deserve a closer look, as well as the extent to which this strategy, in the opinion of the people involved, resolves the current dilemmas. Patient care Delegation Resources Hospital care is currently being confronted with pressure for change (McKee...

... for teams and teamwork, and four benefits suggested of effective teamwork: learning and development, resource management, task performance and communications. In each of these four areas, examples are given from the international world of health care of how teamwork can be achieved. Finally, it is concluded...

...John Walley Vietnam is rapidly changing from a centrally planned to a market economic system. Explores the existing constraints and the degree of flexibility for management in the Government health system. Analyses the potential influence of the recent changes in health sector resource allocation...

...Christine Hancock Discusses the way forward for the nursing professions in the last decade of the twentieth century. Notes that Government health policy has stated the need for more nursing resources in the future in the community, together with extended nursing roles for those in a hospital...

...Adrian R. Bull Limited resources must be invested wisely. Society′s humanitarian duty to care must be satisfied as well as the economic imperative to use resources rationally. This cannot properly be achieved by reduction of all considerations to a single number which represents a ratio of health...

...C.R. Paton The purpose of this paper is to present a number of opportunities and strategies which UK district authorities and units should consider in the light of financial constraints and shortage of resources. Irrespective of party politics and the political complexion of the government...