National Health Service (NHS) managers as change agents have been given the responsibility for the implementation of … implementation of the reforms. A total of 28 managers from two acute care and one community care NHS Trusts in London were … also what they believed to be their public image. It appeared that managers generally believed that all NHS workers share …

of male and female managers who have the required experience and knowledge of women issues. The findings show that the … debate about women's roles as managers has prompted a reassessment of the traditional negative stereotype of women as … managers. Although women are being given some managerial opportunities, they are severely discriminated against. Thus the range …

. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses the role of health service managers in the context of the NHS and the political and … economic contexts in which they operate. Practical implications – The challenge faced by senior managers in the NHS, i …

constructed theoretical framework Findings – Fuelled by the “new public management” movement, public managers are forced to act in … managerial behaviour and the professionalism of public officials. Consequently, public managers have acquired personal stakes in … concludes that professional public managers must be judged within the context of the “res publica”. Originality/value – The …

polarisation. Furthermore, the survey carried out confirms the existence of some effective behaviours of public top managers … to br drawn. Practical implications – The result of this research implies that “ideal” competences of public managers …

‐career programmes. It argues that managers need to develop awareness of the different epistemologies and an understanding of their … deliberate linkage of research and teaching can be forged in order to help managers surface and interrogate the knowledge, norms …

margins and into the centre of education for mid career public managers, and offers practical methods for doing so. Design …. Originality/value – The paper offers three dimensions of pedagogy for enabling public service managers to engage with diversity …

career public managers. Drawing on experiences of such programmes from across Europe, the paper examines the potential …