BEVERLY ALIMO METCALFE Professor of Leadership Studies at the Nuffield Institute of Health Leeds University and a Chartered Occupational PsychologistLYNN ASHBURNER lectures in management at the Centre for Health Planning and Management at Keele UniversityKATHERINE BIRCH Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Planning and Management at Keele UniversityFRANK BLACKLER Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of LancasterSTEVE CROPPER Senior Lecturer in Management at the Centre for Health Planning and Management at Keele UniversityGRAHAM CURRIE Lecturer in Health Services Management at the University of Nottingham Business SchoolSANDRA DAWSON KPMG Professor of Management Studies, Director of the Judge Institute of Management Studies and Master of Sidney Sussex college, CambridgeNICOLA DINNIE researcher in the Department of Management Studies at the University of AberdeenEWAN FERLIE Professor of Public Services Management at Imperial College Management School, University of LondonLOUISE FITZGERALD holds a Chair at City University having previously been Senior Lecturer at Warwick UniversityALEXANDRA HARRISON Director of Graduate Clinical Education for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta, CanadaCHRIS HAWKINS Research Fellow at the Centre for Creativity, Strategy and Change at Warwick Business SchoolANDY KENNEDY Fellow and Director of two leadership development programmes for senior managers and clinician managers at the King's Fund, London, an independent foundation concerned to improve the health of citizens PRISCILLA LAURENCE consultant working in health care, specialising in personal and organisational developmentFARUK MAJID previously Lecturer in the Department of General Practice at King's College London and now works as a General PractitionerGORDON MARNOCH Director of Postgraduate Programmes in the Department of Management Studies, University of AberdeenLORNA MCKEE Director of Research in the Department of Management Studies, University of AberdeenVIRGINIA MORLEY Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Development in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals and is also an independent consultantBIO NIO ONG Professor of Health Services Research at the Centre for Health Planning and Management at Keele UniversityJOHN OVRETVEIT Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Nordic School of Public Health in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Director of the post-graduate diploma in healthcare quality at Bergen UniversityAMY PABLO Associate Professor and Director of the MBA in Enterprise Development in the Faculty of Management at the University of CalgaryEDWARD PECK Director of the Centre for Mental Health Services Development at King's College LondonMIKE REED Professor of Organisation Theory in the Department of Behaviour in Organisations at Lancaster UniversityRITA SCHEPERS Associate Professor in Social Medical Sciences in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Erasmus University, HollandJENNY SECKER Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Mental Health Services Development at King's College LondonNICKI SPEIGAL research and development facilitator working in areas such as managing change, teambuilding, strategic planning and the development of learning and qualityPETER SPURGEON Director of Research at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of BirminghamMARJA VERHOEF Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta, CanadaMARTIN WOOD Research Fellow at the Centre for Creativity, Strategy and Change at Warwick Business School