Beckerman, Carina () (Dept. of Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics)
Abstract
The contribution of this paper is a discussion about how the patient as a phenomenon is constructed and used by employees for different purposes, enabling and inhibiting change. The results are based on a three year case study in which data has been collected with interviews and observations. They have then been analyzed and interpreted within a framework consisting of theories about thinking collectives, structuration, information and knowledge management. The findings indicate that “the patient” has implications for how project management is conducted and a patient record upgraded at the anesthesia and intensive care unit of a hospital.
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Length: 13 pages Date of creation: 01 Mar 2007 Date of revision:
12 Apr 2007 Handle: RePEc:hhb:hastba:2007_004
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