text: International Journal of Public Sector Management Volume 20 Issue 4 | DeepDyve
  International Journal of Public Sector Management Volume 20 Issue 4
  Changing strategic direction for executive development in the public sector Opportunities for top business schools?
  Roulla Hagen; Joyce Liddle
  doi:10.1108/09513550710750048
  Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the largely ignored executive development needs of the reformed twenty‐first century public sector by executive education providers in business schools. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is predominantly conceptual exploring the current...
  Marie McHugh; Karen Johnston; Donna McClelland
  doi:10.1108/09513550710750039
  Purpose – The management of human resources is of crucial importance in enabling the delivery of efficient and effective services. The purpose of this paper is to explore one issue relevant to Human Resource Management, that is, the management of hospital doctors in the NHS. The present‐day UK...
  IT, culture, context Emergency department modernisation can inform the NHS information programme
  Nick Harrop; Alan Gillies
  doi:10.1108/09513550710750002
  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the implementation of a service improvement in the UK National Health Service, relevant to the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Design/methodology/approach – Case study and semi‐structured interviews, relating users' interaction with...
  Wendy Gay; David Bamford
  doi:10.1108/09513550710749996
  Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the apparent ambivalence towards the management of racial diversity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a case study undertaken in a large London NHS teaching hospital. Having reviewed the dichotomy in the available literature,...
  Human resource management at the negotiating table Vocabularies of motive and the NHS hospital service
  Sharon C. Bolton; Roz Way
  doi:10.1108/09513550710750020
  Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the role of various management functions within the complex multi‐layered and multi‐faceted history and structure that is the National Health Service (NHS) hospital service and explore the legitimacy of the role of human resource management...
  Negative behaviours in the workplace A study of two Primary Care Trusts in the NHS
  Bernard Burnes; Rachael Pope
  doi:10.1108/09513550710750011
  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the need to treat negative workplace behaviours which are not perceived as bullying as seriously as those which are. The paper also aims to examine whether or not the National Health Service (NHS) appears to experience a higher level of...