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Developing middle managers (2001)
Journal Article
(2001). Developing middle managers. Nursing Management, 8-9. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.8.2.8.s7

BOTH THE NURSING strategy for the NHS in England (DoH 1999 ) and the NHS Plan (DoH 2000 ) identify the importance of clinical and managerial leadership to the success of the government's modernisation agenda.

Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered (2000)
Journal Article
Kearon, T., & Leach, R. (2000). Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered. Theoretical Criminology, 451 - 472. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480600004004003

The victim of crime has become the focus of increasing concern in recent years, particularly in the context of the impact crime has on its victims. This article takes a novel approach within this debate contending that the conceptualization of victim... Read More about Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered.

Managing to Lead: Women Managers in the Post Incorporated Further Education Sector (2000)
Journal Article
(2000). Managing to Lead: Women Managers in the Post Incorporated Further Education Sector. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 218 - 230. https://doi.org/10.1080/713677085

This article provides a review of the major interpretations of the changing gender relations in FE management. In so doing, the key question of whether FE, at senior level, remains a 'boy's club' is addressed. In relation to this, the article conside... Read More about Managing to Lead: Women Managers in the Post Incorporated Further Education Sector.

Managing ambiguity: between markets and managerialism - a case study of 'middle' managers in further education (1999)
Journal Article
(1999). Managing ambiguity: between markets and managerialism - a case study of 'middle' managers in further education. Sociological Review, 461 - 490. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.00181

Advocates of devolved and market oriented Education reform, point to the benefits from self determination which enhance both teacher and managerial autonomy. Critics refer, on the other hand, to the ways in which running education institutions on bus... Read More about Managing ambiguity: between markets and managerialism - a case study of 'middle' managers in further education.

Managing change: an emerging new consensus (1995)
Journal Article
(1995). Managing change: an emerging new consensus. Health Manpower Management, 16 - 19. https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069510084015

The management of change has been a continuing concern for NHS managers. Suggests that many of the change processes over the last 25 years have been subject to fundamental flaws, preventing the successful management of change. Outlines a new approach... Read More about Managing change: an emerging new consensus.

Return To Go: Renewal Process in an Internal Organisation Development Unit (1989)
Journal Article
(1989). Return To Go: Renewal Process in an Internal Organisation Development Unit. Industrial and Commercial Training, https://doi.org/10.1108/00197858910133744

The National Health Service is increasingly aware that the development of organisations and management is crucial to the pursuit of “excellence”. In light of this, the experience of one internal grouping, the Trent Regional Health Authority Organisat... Read More about Return To Go: Renewal Process in an Internal Organisation Development Unit.

A false god?: how relevant is competency-based education and training to the NHS? (1988)
Journal Article
(1988). A false god?: how relevant is competency-based education and training to the NHS?

The competency-based approach to education and training is a new "orthodoxy"--the the emerging "one right way" to pursue the training and development of staff. John Edmonstone explores what is meant by competency-based training, considers how it diff... Read More about A false god?: how relevant is competency-based education and training to the NHS?.