Methods We carried out a narrative review 24–26 to explore the role that embedded
researchers could play in improvement efforts in healthcare. We conducted a two-stage …

Over the past decade, knowledge management (KM), as a concept and a set of practices,
has penetrated into the fabric of organizational and managerial processes in the healthcare …

In an effort to improve operational efficiency, healthcare services around the world have
adopted process improvement methodologies from the manufacturing sector, such as Lean …

While there is increasing pressure to work collaboratively in interprofessional teams, health
professionals often continue to operate in uni‐professional silos. Leader inclusiveness is …

Background Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about
the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be addressed. The …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present findings relating to how Lean is
implemented in English hospitals. Design/methodology/approach–Lean implementation …

This paper engages with the recent turn in the social sciences towards communities of
practice as a driver of learning and knowledge generation across a variety of different …

The last two decades have seen a shift in public services organizations from hierarchies to
networks. Network forms are seen as particularly suited to handling 'wicked problems'. We …

The blurring of managerial and professional jurisdictions remains a significant area of
organizational research. This process is often described as involvingre-stratification', the …

Our study examines brokering of situated knowledge within an organizational context,
characterized by professional hierarchy. We examine how professional affiliation and …