Changing Practice in a Health Organisation

There is a need for research to understand change
processes and knowledge management in health service
organisations. Mapping the ongoing development of
knowledge and ensuring the accountability of
professionals, individually and in teams, are
critical issues for organisations. Drawing on the
theoretical ideas of governance, governmentality and
a community of practice the book addresses these
issues. The book demonstrates how professional
collaboration becomes necessitated under pressure of
enacting increasingly complex work activities; an
outcome being, changing practices and extended
accountability relationships which enacts discipline
while realising professional expertise. The
technologisation of practice refers to the
artefacts, conduct and the processes through which
the conceptualisation and enactment of healthcare
(nursing) practice has become increasingly
standardised. The book will stimulate ideas and
discussion for managers, professionals and students
interested in organisation studies, change
management and knowledge management fields.