학술논문

Medicine and management: a conflict facing general practice?
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Journal of Management in Medicine, 1997, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 124-131.
Subject
research-article
Research paper
cat-HSC
Health & social care
cat-HMAN
Healthcare management
General practice
Management
Organizational restructuring
Training
Language
English
ISSN
0268-9235
Abstract
Partners and practice managers are beginning to understand implications of management issues raised by recent reforms. Practices involved in this study agree the need for improvement, but partners and managers were often unable to define improvements needed. Demonstrates that effective management structure is vital to future success for general practice. To achieve this involves understanding new managerial challenges practices must meet and different organizational competences required. To change requires a radical restructure of many practice roles and several options are considered. Regardless of the chosen option the question of training remains. There is a need to involve consultants, managers, and doctors already advancing the boundaries of practice development, in a dialogue with institutions providing management training, to design suitable programmes. Academic institutions too often produce management programmes geared towards the old environment, whereas managerial skills which changes in the NHS demand from future practice managers are now required.