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The political economy of management knowledge : management texts in English healthcare organizations

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Ferlie, Ewan, Ledger, Jean, Dopson, Sue, Fischer, Michael D., Fitzgerald, Louise, McGivern, Gerry and Bennett, Christopher P. (2016) The political economy of management knowledge : management texts in English healthcare organizations. Public Administration, 94 (1). pp. 185-203. doi:10.1111/padm.12221 ISSN 0033-3298.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/padm.12221

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Abstract

Have generic management texts and associated knowledges now extensively diffused into public services organizations? If so, why? Our empirical study of English healthcare organizations detects an extensive presence of such texts. We argue that their ready diffusion relates to two macro-level forces: (i) the influence of the underlying political economy of public services reform and (ii) a strongly developed business school/management consulting knowledge nexus. This macro perspective theoretically complements existing explanations from the meso or middle level of analysis which examine diffusion processes within the public services field, and also more micro literature which focuses on agency from individual knowledge leaders.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Knowledge management
Journal or Publication Title: Public Administration
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0033-3298
Official Date: March 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2016Published
16 October 2015Available
12 August 2015Accepted
22 January 2015Submitted
Volume: 94
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 185-203
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12221
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 January 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 16 October 2017
Funder: National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)

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