Brown A D
Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.
Health Serv Manage Res. 1997 Feb;10(1):58-68. doi: 10.1177/095148489701000107.
This paper examines the attempt by a District Health Authority (DHA) to create structures (called Purchasing Strategy Groups or PSGs) to facilitate the effective development of its purchasing strategy. The paper is based on a case study design conducted using Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The research contribution the paper makes is twofold. First, it analyses some of the fundamental management-related difficulties that a DHA can experience when attempting to come to terms with its role and responsibilities in the 1990s. Second, it provides a discussion and evaluation of the utility of SSM for qualitative research in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK.
本文考察了一个地区卫生局（DHA）为促进其采购战略的有效制定而创建相关架构（称为采购战略小组或PSG）的尝试。本文基于一项采用软系统方法论（SSM）进行的案例研究设计。该论文的研究贡献有两方面。第一，它分析了地区卫生局在试图认清其在20世纪90年代的角色和职责时可能遇到的一些与管理相关的基本困难。第二，它对软系统方法论在英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）定性研究中的效用进行了讨论和评估。
