abstract Over the past two decades the National Health Hospital Service has been subjected
to considerable changes in is organization.'New'public sector management (NPM) has been …

Recent government proposals seek to extend the role of nurses into management at a time
of (yet another) cultural transformation for the British National Health Service (NHS). This is …

Managerialism and Nursing examines the effect of new management strategies on nurses,
their morale and the profession as a whole. Using an innovative study of nurses conducted …

Bringing together sociological theories and nursing practice this text develops a dynamic
conceptualisation of the nursing role which is rooted in the work setting. It looks at the factors …

Hospitals in Canada and indeed throughout the world are in the midst of significant and
even dramatic change. The impact of these changes on the role of the nurse manager is just …

Aim The aim of the study was to describe and compare the characteristics of the nurse
manager's work in different hospital environments and at different times. Background …

Aim The aim of this paper is to examine the challenges facing the nurse executive in the 21st
century by questioning the traditional attributions of leadership to the nurse executive role …

Abstract" The revolution that general management promises in health care is still in its very
earliest stages." This quotation summarizes a book that illustrates the variety of cultures and …

Nursing leadership and health sector reform The political, technological and economic
changes that have occurred over the past decade are increasingly difficult to manage within …

The incorporation of health professionals into the management of the British National Health
Service (NHS) is a distinctive strategy ultimately aimed at involving senior nurses and …