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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
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/padm.12221
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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Funder: | National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR) |
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