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All pain and no gain? A study of mergers of NHS Trusts in London: Two-year post-merger findings on the drivers of mergers and processes of merging.

Protopsaltis, Gerasimos and Fulop, Naomi and King, Annette and Allen, Pauline and Hutchings, Andrew and Normand, Charles and Walters, Rhiannon (2003) All pain and no gain? A study of mergers of NHS Trusts in London: Two-year post-merger findings on the drivers of mergers and processes of merging. In: Dopson, Sue and Mark, Annabelle L., eds. Leading health care organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 214-231. ISBN 1-4039-0270-4. (KAR id:24483)

Abstract

This book addresses the topic of leadership in healthcare. There is a great deal of rhetoric around leadership, this book explores the rhetoric with papers that contribute insights into taking healthcare forward in the 21st Century, and the nature of leadership in healthcare and organizational forms that are leading the field. The book promotes Organizational behavior in healthcare as a serious academic field that can provide insights of use to managers, professionals, and policy makers in the healthcare area.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine
J Political Science > JS Local government. Municipal government
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User: Tony Rees
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2010 13:42 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/24483 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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King, Annette.

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