Books
Brunsson, Nils. The Organization of Hypocrisy. Talk, Decisions and Actions in Organizations. 2003, Copenhagen Business School Press. Ch 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9. 134 pages.[OH]
Lathrop, J.Philip: Restructuring Health Care. Patient-Focused Paradigm, 1993, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Ch. 1-8. 181 pages.[RHC]
Shortell, Stephen M. and Arnold D. Kaluzny, eds: Health Care Management: Organization Design & Behavior, 2005. Thomson Delmar Learning. 5th edition. All chapters exept 9 and 11. 396 pages. [HCM]
Compendium
Mintzberg, Henry: Professional bureaucracy in Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations. Prentice Hall, 1983.[PB]
Quinn, Robert E, Sue R Faerman, Michael P Thompson, Michael R McGrath, Lynda S. St. Claire: Becoming a Master Manager. A Competing Values Approach. 2007. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 4th edition. Emphasis to Ch 1 and 10. 60 pages [BMM]
Handout
Boaden, Ruth: “Quality improvement in healthcare” chapter 26 in Walshe & Smith (ed.) Helthcare Management. , 2006. Open Univerity Press.
Jespersen, P.K. and Sirpa Wrede: The changing autonomy of the Nordic medical professions, In Magnussen, Jon, Karsten Vrangbæk and Richard B. Saltmann (eds) Nordic Health Care Systems. [CANM], 2009. Open University Press. 29 pages .
Kjekshus, Lars Erik: Changing demands for institutional management, In Magnussen, Jon, Karsten Vrangbæk and Richard B. Saltmann (eds) Nordic Health Care Systems 2009. Open University Press. 20 pages [CDI]
Krasnik og Paulsen: "Reforming primary health care" In Magnussen, Vrangbæk and Saltman (ed.) "Nordic Health Care Systems". Open University Press (2009) [RPH]
Available online
Kjekshus, Lars Erik and Terje P. Hagen: "Ring fencing" of elective surgery: Does it affect hospital efficiency, Health Service Management Research; 18: 186-197, 2005 .
R.A. Atun: Doctors and managers need to speak a common language, BMJ 326 (2003), pp. 655–656. Online.
Aasland Olaf Gjerløw : The physician role in transition: is Hippocrates sick? Social Science & Medicine Volume 52, Issue 2, January 2001, Pages 171-173. Online.
Scally and L.J. Donaldson: Clinical governance and the drive for quality improvement in the New NHS in England, BMJ 317 (1998), pp. 61–65. Online.
Edmonstone, John : Clinical leadership: the elephant in the room Int J Health Plann Mgmt 2009; 24: 290–305. Online