Managing Care in Context

"Managing Care in Context" looks at the different contexts in which care takes place and considers the impact of policy, practice and organizational contexts on managers working in health and social care. Informed by extensive consultation with managers and users of care services, contributions to the book are made by academics, managers, researchers and practitioners. "Managing Care in Context" helps aspiring, new and experienced managers to understand what their role is, how it has developed and how to face the challenges of the future.

List of contents

1. Managing to Care 2. What Service Users Say About Services and the Implications for Managers 3. Managers, Managing and Managerialism 4. Managers and the Law 5. Managers and their Organisations 6. Managing Environments 7. Quality Matters 8. Workers, Professions and Identities 9. Theories for Understanding People 10. The Morally Active Manager 11. Managing for Outcomes 12. Taking Account of History

About the author

Jeanette Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson

Summary

Managing Care in Context looks at the different contexts in which care takes place, considering the impact of policy, practice and organizational contexts on managers.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dorothy Atkinson (Editor), Dorothy (Open University Atkinson (Editor), Jeanette Henderson (Editor), Jeanette (Open University Henderson (Editor), Henderson Jeanette (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2003
• EAN: 9780415298667
• ISBN: 978-0-415-29866-7
• No. of pages: 364
• Weight: 907 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Management & management techniques, Social welfare and social services, Management and management techniques