Healthcare Performance and Organisational Culture examines the evidence for a relationship between organisational culture and organisational performance in the healthcare sector.
This book provides essential information to assist health managers improve the performance of their organisation by addressing the factors of style and culture, using practical tools throughout to measure them and link them to performance. It comprehensively examines the theoretical basis of the relationship between organisational culture and performance, and assesses the various tools designed to measure or assess the culture of organisations.
People from different cultural backgrounds prefer adhering to their own religious beliefs which could restrict treatment options leading to the detriment of health especially if it involves the health of a disabled child. This comprehensive but concise work highlights the problems faced in managing the care of disabled children from different cultural backgrounds. It examines the problems inherent in the medical social and educational management of children with developmental disability in populations whose value systems differ from other cultures. In particular it considers how care may be varied according to cultural background without compromising its quality. The book is of immense value for all healthcare and social care professionals policy makers and shapers patient organisations and those with an interest in medical ethics.
Part 1: A theory of or organisational Culture Part 2: Tools for measuring organisational Cultures Part 3: Culture and performance
Tim Scott, Russell Mannion, Huw Davies, Martin Marshall
