Managing Modern Healthcare - Bresnen, Mike (University of Manchester, UK) a Hodgson, Damian (Manchester Business School, UK) a Bailey, Simon (at Manchester Business School, UK) a Hyde, Paula (University of Manchester, UK) a Hassard, John (University of Manchester, UK)

The book aims to reveal how managers in practice are responding to the many contemporary challenges facing healthcare (and the NHS in particular) and how they are able or not to effectively exploit sources of knowledge, learning and best practice through the networks of practice they engage in to improve healthcare delivery and healthcare organisational performance.