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An Ethical Approach to Leading Change

An Alternative and Sustainable Application

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  • © 2010

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  1. Mervyn Conroy

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-14

  3. The Healthcare Sector and the Modernising Agenda

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    Pages 15-31

  4. Organisational Change and Healthcare

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    Pages 32-42

  5. Turning to Narrative

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    Pages 43-72

  6. Research Methodology

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    Pages 73-98

  7. Stories: Epic, Tragic, Comic and Romantic

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    Pages 99-141

  8. Serial: Community Mental Health Team Formation

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    Pages 142-162

  9. Themes

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    Pages 163-189

  10. Feedback and Focus Groups

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    Pages 190-203

  11. Discussion and Conclusions

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    Pages 204-233

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 234-256
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About this book

MacIntyre's narrative based virtue ethics have for the first time in this book been applied to an organization undergoing change driven by market forces and a society that wants more for less with scant regard for the means by which that is achieved. The practical potential of these insights is explored in the case study that runs through the book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Mervyn Conroy

About the author

DR MERVYN CONROY is a Senior Fellow at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. His work at the centre spans teaching, consultancy, research and PhD supervision. In his teaching role he has co-directorship responsibilities for a number of specialist masters programme for health and social care managers. He has over fifteen years experience of management education, organisational research and consulting. He first worked in the health and social care sector as a counsellor and later in mental health services as a manager and researcher. His research formed the basis of a briefing paper on 'Alternative Approaches to Healthcare Reform' to the UK Department of Health. He was also asked to sit on one of the 'High Quality Care for All' review groups at Whitehall. His research and publications focus on theoretical and practical understanding of what health and social care managers at all levels need to lead the implementation of ethical and sustainable practice improvement and he speaks regularly at international conferences on this topic. Consulting and one to one coaching in the private, public and third sectors along with programme management on a number of high profile public sector change leadership and management learning projects feature in his recent activities.

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