Changing forms of organization and implications for managing across boundaries

Bishop, Simon; Waring, Justin

Abstract

This chapter will introduce contemporary changes to the organization of the National Health Service (NHS) in England and discuss the implications for managing care services. At the level of national policy, the publicly funded health care system in England has been subject to successive periods of reform. In recent years, this has included the inauguration of new bodies for commissioning healthcare services as well as regulatory changes intended to stimulate competition and innovation amongst health service providers. In response, a host of new organizational forms and provider models have been established, including several types of public-private partnership, outsourcing arrangements, non-government social enterprises as well as local measures to address the integration of care. This chapter will introduce the latest set of NHS reforms and review these new forms of organization providing services for the NHS, including elements of their governance, organizational configuration and strategic intent. It will then go on to consider the implications for managing care services within and between multiple organizational forms, focusing on two critical issues gaining public attention, namely changes to governance and the challenges of managing employment and maintaining the commitment of staff

Citation

Bishop, S., & Waring, J. (in press). Changing forms of organization and implications for managing across boundaries. In Labor and Employment Relations Association Research Volume

• Acceptance Date: Jun 29, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 7, 2019
• Book Title: Labor and Employment Relations Association Research Volume
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1448816