...Tuomas Hujala; Harri Laihonen Purpose This article analyses a major healthcare and social welfare reform establishing new regional and integrated wellbeing services counties in Finland. The authors approach the reform and service integration as a knowledge management (KM) issue and analyse how KM...

...Paul Williams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and approach to leadership for learning and knowledge management within integrated care arenas. Design/methodology/approach Following a critical review of the relevant literature, the paper analyses the findings from case...

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...Mark Watson Following on from previous articles which looked at knowledge management and electronic networking, this article looks at social networking as a further opportunity for health and social care to make use of the expertise of the workforce. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008...

...Mark Watson This article provides an overview of a range of techniques and processes used in knowledge management to surface the tacit knowledge held by staff in an organisation. Examples from health and social care are provided. Knowledge Management and Staff Expertise in Health and Social Care...

...Mark Watson Knowledge management became established as a key business process in the commercial sector in the mid‐1990s. That innovative practice has been adapted in local government, health and social care, but it has yet to fulfil the potential it offers these sectors. This article, the first...