Participative management in health care services

• Main Author: M. Muller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 0379-8577; 2223-6279; 10.4102/curationis.v18i1.1347
• Keywords: Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Curationis, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 15-21 (1995)

The need and demand for the highest-quality management of all health care delivery activities requires a participative management approach. The purpose with this article is to explore the process of participative management, to generate and describe a model for such management, focusing mainly on the process of participative management, and to formulate guidelines for operationalisation of the procedure. An exploratory, descriptive and theory-generating research design is pursued. After a brief literature review, inductive reasoning is mainly employed to identify and define central concepts, followed by the formulation of a few applicable statements and guidelines. Participative management is viewed as a process of that constitutes the elements of dynamic interactive decision-making and problem-solving, shared governance, empowerment, organisational transformation, and dynamic communication within the health care organisation. The scientific method of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation is utilised throughout the process of participative management.