A new approach to project managing change

Abstract

Project management based on the PRINCE 2 (Projects In Controlled Environments) methodology isthe default mode for managing organisational change in the NHS. While this approach to project management is suitable for ‘tame’ problems, it is not so for ‘wicked'problems, which are the focus of most organisational change activities in health care. The NHS organisation development function has adopted the PRINCE 2 approach to managing change, but thereis evidence that the function itself is not completely developmental. A new approach to project managing change is needed based on a search for ‘clumsy’ rather than ‘elegant’ solutions.

Citation

(2013). A new approach to project managing change. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 16(5), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2010.16.5.47936

• Acceptance Date: Apr 7, 2010
• Online Publication Date: May 1, 2010
• Publication Date: Sep 27, 2013
• Journal: British Journal of Healthcare Management
• Print ISSN: 1358-0574
• Electronic ISSN: 1759-7382
• Publisher: Mark Allen Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 225-230
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2010.16.5.47936
• Keywords: health services management, NHS
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2010.16.5.47936