Contact

Prof Christine Edwards
Business School
Kingston University
Kingston Hill
KT2 7LB

T: 0208 417 5220
c.edwards@kingston.ac.uk

Research

ILMH runs a signficiant number of research projects, funded by a variety of organisations. The National Insitute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO) provides financial support for four projects:

'Change management - Leadership and better patient care: From idea to practice'
'Decentralisation and performance: Autonomy and incentives in local health economies'
'Networks in healthcare: A comparative study of their management impact and performance'
'Understanding the barriers and facilitators of effective implementation of self-care in mental health trusts'.

In addition to the SDO's £1.27 million, ILMH is also supported by the Economic & Social Research's Council's Public Services Programme. The project entitled 'The Visible and Invisible Performance Effects of Transparency in Medical Professional Regulation' has been awarded a grant of £99,000.

Centre for Public Services Organisations (CPSO)

The CPSO, based at Royal Holloway, brings together a number of research projects in the field of organisational analysis of the public services. Its purpose is to carry out rigorous and relevant research into contemporary public service organisations, in particular focusing on: organisational change, organisational learning and decision making. For information on specific research projects, please click on the link.

Research interests

Examples of key research interests and contact details of some of the founder members of ILMH are listed below.

Professor Christine Edwards BA MSc FCIPD FHEA

Leadership, management and employee relations
Analysis and resolution of workplace problems, in conjunction wiith policy makers and managers
How academic research can inform managerial decision making.

For further information, please contact: c.edwards@kingston.ac.uk.

Mark Exworthy BSc PhD

Health policy and management
New public management; professional-managerial relations; policy formulation and implementation
Decentralisation, inter-agency working/partnerships and international comparisons.
Currently leading a 3 year SDO-funded study on 'Decentralisation and Performance in local health economies'.

For further information, please contact: m.exworthy@rhul.ac.uk

Gloria Agyemang BSc MBA PGCE PhD

Performance management and management controls in the public services.
Studies of the New Public Management and inter-organisational control, and the impact of formula funding change.

For further information, please contact: Gloria.Agyemang@rhul.ac.uk

Sunitha Narendran BA MA MSc

Leadership, managing people and personal and professional development.
Risk taking behaviour in various contexts including an NHS Trust.

For further information, please contact: s.narendran@kingston.ac.uk

Andrew Nurse MBA MBCS CITP MCIM

Design and reporting on the St George’s NHS Trust Hospital at Night project
An operational study of St George’s NHS Trust Medical Assessment Unit. How doctors make use of organisational resources and interaction with others in the complex process of diagnosis and deciding on treatment care path against the potentially opposing objectives of patient care and unit throughput.

For further information, please contact: a.nurse@kingston.ac.uk

John D. McGill BSc MA (Marketing) PG Cert (HE) PhD

Offers managerial research experience which spans both the private and public sectors, including the NHS.

For further information, please contact: j.mcgill@kingston.ac.uk

Professor Katie Truss BA, PhD

HR Strategy and the Management of Change in public and private sector organisations.

For further information, please contact: k.truss@kingston.ac.uk

Professor David Matthew BSc MSc PhD (Visiting Professor)

Organisational change and leadership development. Extensive consulting and research experience, as a Deputy Director, at The Kings Fund, the UK’s leading healthcare consultancy.

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