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The politics of management knowledge in times of austerity
Ferlie, Ewan Dopson, Sue Bennett, Chris Fischer, Michael Ledger, Jean McGivern, Gerry
Ferlie, Ewan
Dopson, Sue
Bennett, Chris
Fischer, Michael
Ledger, Jean
McGivern, Gerry
Abstract
While the implementation of evidence-based medicine guidelines is well studied, there has been little investigation into the extent to which a parallel evidence-based management movement has been influential within health care organizations. This book explores the various management knowledges and associated texts apparent in English health care organizations, and considers how the local reception of these texts was influenced by the macro level political economy of public services reform evident during the period of the politics of austerity. The research outlined in this volume shows that very few evidence-based management texts are apparent within health care organizations, despite the influence of certain knowledge producers, such as national agencies, think tanks, management consultancies, and business schools in the industry. Bringing together the often disconnected academic literature on management knowledge and public policy, the volume addresses the ways in which preferred management knowledges and texts in these publicly funded settings are sensitive to the macro level political economy of public services reform, offering an empirically grounded critique of the evidence-based management movement.
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management knowledge, health care organizations, austerity, public services reforming, the political economy of the public services, English health care, knowledge leadership, evidence based management, the UK Coalition government
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2018
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1-254
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Peter Faber Business School
Faculty of Law and Business
Faculty of Law and Business
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