There is renewed interest in mobile technologies in aged care. While the technologies themselves emerged some decades ago, it is only now that some of the barriers to adoption are being overcome and implementation is seen as more practical and cost-effective. The interest in mobile technologies...

In an era of changing workplace reforms, health service managers are embracing innovative work place designs, such as open plan work environments, where employees may have more flexibility. Managers are constantly seeking different ways of transforming their workplace so that their corporate...

Objective : The purpose of this study was to validate measures of individual and organisational infrastructure for health promotion within Alberta's (Canada) 17 Regional Health Authorities (RHAs). Design : A series of phases were conducted to develop individual and organisational scales to...

The aim of this research is to understand how stakeholder interactions can facilitate the patient flow process within a hospital. An analysis of the findings reveals that nurses are in a perfect position to be a conduit between doctors and managers. This is due to several factors including the...

Aim: To discuss critical considerations in the formation and maintenance of agency partnerships designed to provide integrated care for young people. Methods: Two years after its establishment, an evaluation of the headspace Barwon collaboration and a review of the health-care and management...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to compare the mission statements of the hospitals listed on the 2014 US News & World Report’ s Best Hospitals List to investigate the research question, “Are high ranking hospitals (HRH) more likely than low ranking hospitals (LRH) to address cultural...

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has recently been recognised as the world’s most efficient and customer focused privatised airport. Studying the corporate strategies and knowledge management issues faced by a company as successful as BAC holds important insights. This paper discusses four...

This conceptual paper investigates how the metaphorical use of concepts from complexity theory may impact the way we think about human resource management theory and practice. The concepts of fractal, strange attractor and quantum self, borrowed from complexity theory are presented. Fractal...