Continuous improvement and dynamic actor associations: A study of lean thinking implementation in the UK National Health Service

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-227

  Papadopoulos, Thanos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; Continuous improvement; Continuous translation; Dynamic associations; Leadership; Lean thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960325622     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511871111151117     Document Type: Article

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