TY - JOUR
T1 - Organisational culture
T2 - An important concept for pharmacy practice research
AU - Scahill, Shane
AU - Harrison, Jeff
AU - Carswell, Peter
AU - Babar, Zaheer Ud Din
PY - 2009/10/1
Y1 - 2009/10/1
N2 - Throughout the developed world, community pharmacy is under considerable pressure to play a greater part in delivering effective primary health care. The requirement to adopt new roles continues to challenge community pharmacy and drive change. The factors that determine the ability of community pharmacy to effectively deliver services for health gain are complex and include; policy, professional, financial and structural elements. There is also evidence to suggest that organisational culture may influence the effectiveness of an organisation. In order to address this there is a need to understand the dimensions of organisational culture that lead to successful implementation of the change necessary for community pharmacy to become a more effective primary health care organisation. In this commentary, we introduce the concept of organisational culture, outline two frameworks for studying culture, and argue the benefits of pursuing an organisational culture research agenda for the evolution of pharmacy practice and research.
AB - Throughout the developed world, community pharmacy is under considerable pressure to play a greater part in delivering effective primary health care. The requirement to adopt new roles continues to challenge community pharmacy and drive change. The factors that determine the ability of community pharmacy to effectively deliver services for health gain are complex and include; policy, professional, financial and structural elements. There is also evidence to suggest that organisational culture may influence the effectiveness of an organisation. In order to address this there is a need to understand the dimensions of organisational culture that lead to successful implementation of the change necessary for community pharmacy to become a more effective primary health care organisation. In this commentary, we introduce the concept of organisational culture, outline two frameworks for studying culture, and argue the benefits of pursuing an organisational culture research agenda for the evolution of pharmacy practice and research.
KW - Community pharmacy
KW - Organisational culture
KW - Organisational theory
KW - Pharmacy management
KW - Practice change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69249213433&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11096-009-9318-8
DO - 10.1007/s11096-009-9318-8
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 19662509
AN - SCOPUS:69249213433
VL - 31
SP - 517
EP - 521
JO - International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
JF - International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
SN - 2210-7703
IS - 5
ER -