This article discusses the emergence of qualitative techniques of audit. In particular, it focuses on the auditing of the UK policy National Health Service Local Improvement Finance Trust (NHS LIFT), a policy that shifts provision of primary care premises to the corporate sector. In this case,...

A market orientation is a business culture in which all employees are committed to the continuous creation of superior value for customers. However, businesses report limited success in developing such a culture. One approach to create a market orientation, the approach taken by most businesses,...

Health policy will be a major issue in Britain's next general election. The Labour government is committed to a substantial increase in funds for the National Health Service (NHS) and has eliminated tax relief for private health insurance. The Conservative Opposition party favors subsidizing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of methodological issues that accompany the articles reviewing past research in strategic management. Design/methodology/approach – The topic of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of historicism in...

This paper introduces a unified model for organizational change that is designed to help change analysts think through the decision-making process. Most organizational leaders do not manage change effectively because they fail to acquire the minimum amount of information necessary to make a...

Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Innovationsprozessen der medizintechnischen Industrie in Deutschland am Beispiel der bildgebenden Verfahren. Einen geeigneten Analyserahmen, um die komplexen Verflechtungen und Erfolgs-determinanten zu erfassen, bietet der Clusteransatz Michael Porters. Der...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit erfährt der Leser zunächst, wie sich dieFachkräftesituation der Gesundheitsbranche in Deutschland derzeit darstellt und welche Herausforderungen und Chancen bis 2030 damit einhergehen. Weiterhin werden die Anfänge und derzeitigen Entwicklungen des deutschen...