Fulop, N. and Protopsaltis, G. and King, A.M. and Allen, P. and Hutchings, A. and Normand, C. (2005) Changing organisations: a study of the context and processes of mergers of health care providers in England. Social Science and Medicine, 60 (1). pp. 119-130. ISSN 0277-9536.
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Abstract
This paper presents findings from a study of the context and processes of provider mergers in the NHS in England. Mergers are an example of organisational restructuring, a key lever for change in the UK health care sector and elsewhere, although it is only one strategy for organisational change. The framework for the study is key themes from the organisational change literature: the complexity of the effects of change; the importance of context; and the role of organisational culture. The drivers for health care mergers and the evidence for these are analysed
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Mergers; Organisational change; Organisational restructuring; Organisational context; Organisational processes; UK |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Depositing User: | Paula Loader |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2008 12:00 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2011 23:44 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/5433 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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