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Until now, research has given us only a limited understanding of
how managers actually make sense of and apply management knowledge;
how networks of interaction amongst managers help or hinder
processes of knowledge diffusion and the sharing of best practice;
and how these processes are all influenced both by the
organisations in which managers act and by the professional
communities of practice they belong to. Managing Modern Healthcare
fills these important gaps in our understanding by drawing upon an
in-depth study of management networks and practice in three
healthcare organisations in the UK. It draws from the primary
research a number of important and grounded lessons about how
management networks develop and influence the spread of management
knowledge and practice; how management training and development
relates to the needs of managers facing challenging conditions; and
how those conditions are themselves shaping the nature of
management in healthcare. This book reveals how managers in
practice are responding to the many contemporary challenges facing
healthcare (and the NHS in particular) and how they are able or not
to effectively exploit sources of knowledge, learning and best
practice through the networks of practice they engage in to improve
healthcare delivery and healthcare organisational performance.
Managing Modern Healthcare makes a number of important theoretical
contributions as well as practical recommendations. The theoretical
and empirical contributions the book makes relate to wider work on
networks and networking, management knowledge, situated
learning/communities of practice, professionalization/professional
identity and healthcare management more generally. The practical
contribution comes in the form of recommendations for healthcare
management practitioners and policy makers that are intended to
impact upon and help enhance healthcare management delivery and
performance.
Until now, research has given us only a limited understanding of
how managers actually make sense of and apply management knowledge;
how networks of interaction amongst managers help or hinder
processes of knowledge diffusion and the sharing of best practice;
and how these processes are all influenced both by the
organisations in which managers act and by the professional
communities of practice they belong to. Managing Modern Healthcare
fills these important gaps in our understanding by drawing upon an
in-depth study of management networks and practice in three
healthcare organisations in the UK. It draws from the primary
research a number of important and grounded lessons about how
management networks develop and influence the spread of management
knowledge and practice; how management training and development
relates to the needs of managers facing challenging conditions; and
how those conditions are themselves shaping the nature of
management in healthcare. This book reveals how managers in
practice are responding to the many contemporary challenges facing
healthcare (and the NHS in particular) and how they are able or not
to effectively exploit sources of knowledge, learning and best
practice through the networks of practice they engage in to improve
healthcare delivery and healthcare organisational performance.
Managing Modern Healthcare makes a number of important theoretical
contributions as well as practical recommendations. The theoretical
and empirical contributions the book makes relate to wider work on
networks and networking, management knowledge, situated
learning/communities of practice, professionalization/professional
identity and healthcare management more generally. The practical
contribution comes in the form of recommendations for healthcare
management practitioners and policy makers that are intended to
impact upon and help enhance healthcare management delivery and
performance.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most
commonly diagnosed psychiatric condition of childhood worldwide,
yet the medical and psychological perspectives that dominate our
understandings of ADHD present problems in their reductive
understanding of the condition. Exploring ADHD incorporates Michel
Foucault's notions of discourse and power into a critical
ethnographic framework in order to analyse ADHD in terms of both
the historical conditions that have shaped understandings of the
disorder, and also the social conditions which build individual
diagnostic cases in today's schools and families. In this
ground-breaking text, Simon Bailey also: acknowledges the necessary
work of classrooms, schools and families in contributing to a
social order; examines the problem of teacher autonomy and the
constraints placed on schools to 'perform'; describes the role of
nurture groups in governing the emotional conduct of children;
presents a unique gender analysis of ADHD. This fascinating new
book will be of interest to researchers and academics in the field
of early childhood education, special and inclusive education, and
will illuminate and spark new debate in the arena of ADHD.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most
commonly diagnosed psychiatric condition of childhood worldwide,
yet the medical and psychological perspectives that dominate our
understandings of ADHD present problems in their reductive
understanding of the condition. Exploring ADHD incorporates Michel
Foucault's notions of discourse and power into a critical
ethnographic framework in order to analyse ADHD in terms of both
the historical conditions that have shaped understandings of the
disorder, and also the social conditions which build individual
diagnostic cases in today's schools and families. In this
ground-breaking text, Simon Bailey also: acknowledges the necessary
work of classrooms, schools and families in contributing to a
social order; examines the problem of teacher autonomy and the
constraints placed on schools to 'perform'; describes the role of
nurture groups in governing the emotional conduct of children;
presents a unique gender analysis of ADHD. This fascinating new
book will be of interest to researchers and academics in the field
of early childhood education, special and inclusive education, and
will illuminate and spark new debate in the arena of ADHD.
The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and
practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get
overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and
realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of
trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket
guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature.
Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules
of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told
by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development
units, or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is
key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral
students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone
looking to launch or maintain their career in academia. 'Making It'
as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of
research employment in universities from the perspective of a
significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract
researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing,
proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical,
pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research
career, this book explores the question of what it means to 'make
it' as a contract researcher in academia, and how individuals and
organisations in higher education might seek to do things
differently. Providing the reader with practical and realistic
strategies for improving the experience of being a contract
researcher and achieving and sustaining an academic research
career, this book guides the reader on a range of topics,
including: Charging fairly for your work Building a publication
track record Finding the next contract Sustaining your network
Feeling like you belong Moving beyond contract research. Using a
combination of current research, interviews and reflective writing,
the book is written specifically for and by contract researchers in
academia, offering unique and extremely valuable advice for all new
and current contract researchers, including PhD students, early
career researchers, and any party interested in pursuing a research
career in academia.
In recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects
and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of
nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a
welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders
public services more flexible and accountable, others argue that
this seeks to depoliticise policy initiatives, rendering them
increasingly technocratic, and that the project organisations
formed in this process offer fragmented and unsustainable
short-term solutions to long-term problems. This volume sets out to
address public sector projectification by drawing together research
from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and
theoretically-informed understanding of the causes, nature, and
consequences of the projectification of the public sector. This
book includes 13 chapters and is organised into three parts. The
first part centres on the politics of projectification,
specifically the role of projects in de-politicisation, often
accomplished by rendering the political "technical". The chapters
in the second part all relate to the reframing of the relationship
between the centre and periphery, or between policy making and
implementation, and the role of temporality in reshaping this
relation. The third and final part brings a focus upon the tools,
techniques, and agents through which public sector projectification
is assembled, constructed, and performed.
A brand is just a logo - everyone knows that, don't they? After
all, it's not as though a good brand can save a bad business, and
besides, the digital revolution is making branding irrelevant...
Myths of Branding, written by renowned branding experts Andy
Milligan and Simon Bailey, explores the huge number of misguided,
mistaken and blatantly false myths that abound in the branding
arena. From the belief that developing brands is nothing more than
fiddling with logos, to the perception that it's a 'soft' area of
marketing that doesn't go beyond visual identity and that the
customer is always right - these myths are all surprisingly
entrenched, yet could not be further from the truth. Myths of
Branding uses up-to-date case studies and witty examples to debunk
these popular misconceptions, and replaces them with the reality of
what it's really like to work in the world of branding. Jam-packed
with entertaining anecdotes and useful information that
practitioners can learn from, it guarantees a deeper, sharper
understanding of the realities of branding and brand management.
About the Business Myths series... The Business Myths series
tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From
leadership and management to social media, strategy and the
workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions,
skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test.
Entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you
with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and
practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get
overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and
realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of
trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket
guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature.
Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules
of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told
by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development
units, or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is
key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral
students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone
looking to launch or maintain their career in academia. 'Making It'
as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of
research employment in universities from the perspective of a
significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract
researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing,
proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical,
pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research
career, this book explores the question of what it means to 'make
it' as a contract researcher in academia, and how individuals and
organisations in higher education might seek to do things
differently. Providing the reader with practical and realistic
strategies for improving the experience of being a contract
researcher and achieving and sustaining an academic research
career, this book guides the reader on a range of topics,
including: Charging fairly for your work Building a publication
track record Finding the next contract Sustaining your network
Feeling like you belong Moving beyond contract research. Using a
combination of current research, interviews and reflective writing,
the book is written specifically for and by contract researchers in
academia, offering unique and extremely valuable advice for all new
and current contract researchers, including PhD students, early
career researchers, and any party interested in pursuing a research
career in academia.
A brand is just a logo - everyone knows that, don't they? After
all, it's not as though a good brand can save a bad business, and
besides, the digital revolution is making branding irrelevant...
Myths of Branding, written by renowned branding experts Andy
Milligan and Simon Bailey, explores the huge number of misguided,
mistaken and blatantly false myths that abound in the branding
arena. From the belief that developing brands is nothing more than
fiddling with logos, to the perception that it's a 'soft' area of
marketing that doesn't go beyond visual identity and that the
customer is always right - these myths are all surprisingly
entrenched, yet could not be further from the truth. Myths of
Branding uses up-to-date case studies and witty examples to debunk
these popular misconceptions, and replaces them with the reality of
what it's really like to work in the world of branding. Jam-packed
with entertaining anecdotes and useful information that
practitioners can learn from, it guarantees a deeper, sharper
understanding of the realities of branding and brand management.
About the Business Myths series... The Business Myths series
tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From
leadership and management to social media, strategy and the
workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions,
skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test.
Entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you
with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
In recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects
and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of
nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a
welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders
public services more flexible and accountable, others argue that
this seeks to depoliticise policy initiatives, rendering them
increasingly technocratic, and that the project organisations
formed in this process offer fragmented and unsustainable
short-term solutions to long-term problems. This volume sets out to
address public sector projectification by drawing together research
from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and
theoretically-informed understanding of the causes, nature, and
consequences of the projectification of the public sector. This
book includes 13 chapters and is organised into three parts. The
first part centres on the politics of projectification,
specifically the role of projects in de-politicisation, often
accomplished by rendering the political "technical". The chapters
in the second part all relate to the reframing of the relationship
between the centre and periphery, or between policy making and
implementation, and the role of temporality in reshaping this
relation. The third and final part brings a focus upon the tools,
techniques, and agents through which public sector projectification
is assembled, constructed, and performed.
Fully revised and updated for its second edition, Paediatric
Haematology and Oncology provides an easily accessible source of
information about all of the basic principles of childhood cancer
and leukaemia, and detailed specialist knowledge on how to care for
children with those conditions. Featuring new chapters on the
biology of childhood leukaemia and central nervous system tumours,
the book includes a greater focus on the rapidly expanding research
in the biology and genetics of childhood malignancy, as well as new
clinical treatments and more detail on various tumour types.
Logically split into 12 sections on different aspects of
haematology and cancer to allow quick and easy reference, the book
provides general principles of diagnosis and treatment, short- and
long-term care, and oncological emergencies, before moving on to
chapters on specific diseases. Normal values and useful websites
are also included for reference. Chapters have been expanded to
feature more clinical images to aid in diagnosis and
interpretation, making this second edition an invaluable companion
for the trainee and consultant in paediatric haematology and
oncology.
After 30 years working with businesses, not-for-profits and
governments, Simon Bailey knows that there is not much new in the
world. People running organizations make the same mistakes year in
and year out. Call It Like It Is takes the reader on a
light-hearted journey through the process of planning for, running
and eventually leaving a business. By contrast with other business
books, this one is light on theory and very much about practice
There are three books in the series. Book Two explores the key
issues faced in running an established business, organization or
division. It covers the mistakes most people make time and again
and shows the reader how not to make them ? or fix them if they
already have Each chapter contains three case studies showing how
the theory is turned into practice. The case studies have been
designed to provide both specific examples of the theory and more
general information about management. Every business owner and
manager who doesn't take themselves too seriously ought to read
these books. They are a source of valuable information that is
presented simply and in a way that is entertaining rather than
complex. The case studies summarize 30 years of work done by
someone who is paid thousands of dollars a day to apply this
knowledge to organizations ranging from multi-national businesses
to small startups. Every employee should read these books - to see
just how poorly they are being managed Enjoy
After 30 years working with businesses, not-for-profits and
governments, Simon Bailey knows that there is not much new in the
world. People running organizations make the same mistakes year in
and year out. Call It Like It Is takes the reader on a
light-hearted journey through the process of planning for, running
and eventually leaving a business. By contrast with other business
books, this one is light on theory and very much about practice
There are three books in the series. Book Three explores the key
issues faced in running and exiting from a mature business,
organization or division, including raising capital for expansion.
It covers the mistakes most people make time and again and shows
the reader how not to make them - or fix them if they already have
Each chapter contains three case studies showing how the theory is
turned into practice. The case studies have been designed to
provide both specific examples of the theory and more general
information about management. Every business owner and manager who
doesn't take themselves too seriously ought to read these books.
They are a source of valuable information that is presented simply
and in a way that is entertaining rather than complex. The case
studies summarize 30 years of work done by someone who is paid
thousands of dollars a day to apply this knowledge to organizations
ranging from multi-national businesses to small startups. Every
employee should read these books - to see just how poorly they are
being managed Enjoy
After 30 years working with businesses, not-for-profits and
governments, Simon Bailey knows that there is not much new in the
world. People running organizations make the same mistakes year in
and year out. With a career that has spanned many countries and
most industries, Simon thought it was a good idea to share this
information with everyone interested to hear about it. Call It Like
It Is takes the reader on a light-hearted journey through the
process of planning for, running and eventually leaving a business.
By contrast with other business books, this one is light on theory
and very much about practise Each chapter starts with a few points
that summarize how successful operators do things. Following this,
there are three case studies - all based on Simon's experience over
30 years starting, fixing and optimizing organizations. Each
chapter ends with a few more points summarizing the learning that
flows from the chapter. There are three books in the series. The
first book deals with planning for and starting up a business,
organization or division. It covers the mistakes most people make
time and again and shows the reader how not to make them The second
book focuses on running a business or organization once it has been
set up. Again, it looks at the issues that owners and managers have
most often and how to avoid them. The third book looks at the
issues that confront mature businesses and also at the challenges
that business owners and senior managers have when they start
thinking about leaving. The case studies have been written in a way
that hopefully passes on a lot more information than the specific
area they are covering. Simon's aim was to pass on as much
information and experience as he could, without creating a book
that was boring or difficult to read. Every business owner and
manager ought to read these books. They are a source of really
valuable information that is presented simply and in a way that is
entertaining rather than complex. They summarize 30 years of work
done by someone who is paid thousands of dollars a day to apply
this knowledge to organizations ranging from multi-national
businesses to small startups. Every employee should read these
books - to see just how poorly they are being managed One brief of
warning... If all of this sounds too simple and you just 'know'
that managing businesses is more complex than this, you're probably
in the wrong career Enjoy..
The novel follows the life of the character Rob Jordan and is
divided into three sections; Shouting to myself, Nine out of ten
videos are shit and Because of the ants. In the first section, set
in 1994, Rob is a struggling newly qualified teacher; lonely and
frustrated at home and depressed at work. In section two, in 1999,
Rob has been promoted to the dole and spends his time fantasising
about murdering his vicar flatmate, whilst becoming involved in an
ill-fated love triangle. The last section, set in 2004, sees Rob on
the run and a series of flashbacks reveal that he has killed a man.
The tone is comic but the novel does attempt to deal with
contemporary issues. At a rough estimate, there is a profound slice
of wisdom about every six gags. Six and a half maximum. And if you
are still not convinced, if you do read a more amusing book about
teaching or being on the dole this millennium, you get a free
rabbit in a nut. Guaranteed.
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