Bücher der Reihe Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to radical transformations in the organisationand delivery of health and care services across the world. In many countries,policy makers have rushed to re-organise care services to meet the surge demandof COVID-19, from re-purposing existing services to creating new ¿field¿ hospitals.Such strategies signal important and sweeping changes in the organisation ofboth ¿COVID¿ and ¿non-COVID¿ care, whilst asking more fundamental questionsabout the long-term organisation of care ¿after COVID¿. In some contexts, thepandemic has exposed the fragilities and vulnerabilities of care systems, whilstin others, it has shown how services are organised to be more resilient andadaptive to unanticipated pressures. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare opportunity to examine empirically andto develop new theoretical frameworks on how and why health systems adapt tosuch unusual and intense pressures. International contributors consider howresponses to COVID-19 are transforming the organisation and governance ofhealth and care services and explore questions around strategic leadership atlocal, regional, national and transnational level. The book offers unique insightand analysis on the dynamics of policy-making, the organisation and governanceof care organisations, the role of technologies in governing, the changing role ofprofessionals and the possibilities for more resilient care systems.

In response this book features the latest research on organizational studies in healthcare and explores the relationship between strategic and organic change and what this means for the way we organize health work.

Healthcare managers, professionals and service users operate in an increasingly complex environment in terms of policy, regulation and governance arrangements. The policy process is becoming pluralised as competing narratives are drawn upon to influence practice. A wide range of contradictory and inconsistent policies are on offer to healthcare stakeholders, which ultimately results in a broad spectrum of responses, adaptations and improvisations throughout the process of policy implementation. The impact on managerial and professional practice is significant: Whilst some voices are suppressed or ignored, the complex nature of contemporary policy contexts can also help local actors exercise their agency and advance their agenda.This edited volume investigates how contemporary policy trends are influencing healthcare systems, organisations and professions and explores the various ways in which policy implementation could be enacted, resisted and reinvented by healthcare managers and professionals on the ground. It sheds light on the complex web of connections that exist between policy development (Part I), its translation into practice (Part II), and the activities of organisational leaders who are trying their best to make sense of ¿ and succeed in ¿ challenging policy contexts (Part III).

Comprising unique empirical contributions, drawn primarily from the experience of the UK National Health Service (NHS), this edited collection develops a 'decentred' analysis of health and care networks.

Patient-oriented approaches to healthcare management have been brought to the fore in recent years, yet this book underlines how even further change is needed in order to fully mobilise the experiential knowledge of patients, and ultimately improve our healthcare systems.

In response this book features the latest research on organizational studies in healthcare and explores the relationship between strategic and organic change and what this means for the way we organize health work.

Patient-oriented approaches to healthcare management have been brought to the fore in recent years, yet this book underlines how even further change is needed in order to fully mobilise the experiential knowledge of patients, and ultimately improve our healthcare systems.

Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of academic debate.

This innovative book analyses the evolving nature of leadership, exploring an ever-increasing range of theoretical concepts and applying these to practices within healthcare organisations.

Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of academic debate.