A case study into operational team-working within a UK hospital

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-237

  Bamford, David ^a   Griffin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Hospitals; Human resource management; Operations management; Team working; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249114921     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570810856161     Document Type: Article

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