Challenging Perspectives on Organizational Change in Health Care

Louise Fitzgerald is a Visiting Professor at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK.Aoife M. McDermott is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Cardiff University, UK.

• Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Organizational Change1.Theories of Organizational Change: Transformational Change as a Developed Theory? Louise Fitzgerald 2. The Diffusion of Innovations: The Translation and Implementation of Evidence-based InnovationsLouise Fitzgerald3. Organization Development in Health Care: A Good Fit? Louise Fitzgerald & Aoife M. McDermott 4. Getting Contextualizing Organizational Change: The Case of Health CareLouise FitzgeraldPart 2: Contemporary Issues in Changing Health Care5. Mandated Top-down Change and the Re-structuring of Commissioning Louise Fitzgerald6. Organizational Change and Professionals: System Change and Professionals in Change Processes Louise Fitzgerald 7. Patient and Provider Perspectives on Safety as a Focus of ChangeAoife M. McDermott 8. System Change - Building Networks of Health and Social CareLouise Fitzgeral9. HRM: A Driver and Enabler of ChangeAoife M. McDermott Part 3: Final Themes10. Changing Perspectives on ChangeLouise Fitzgerald & Aoife M. McDermott

"... the authors do offer some important recommendations (Chapter 10). First, those who trumpet the need for ‘transformational’ and ‘disruptive’ change should familiarise themselves with the substantial evidence base against this approach and learn the advantages of what they call ‘accumulative change processes’ — humbler, less radical efforts that aim not to disrupt or destroy the complex infrastructure that forms the fabric of our healthcare organisations."Trisha Greenhalgh, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, British Journal of General Practice