Organisational culture: An important concept for pharmacy practice research

Shane Scahill, Jeff Harrison, Peter Carswell, Zaheer Ud Din Babar

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)517-521
Number of pages5
JournalPharmacy World and Science
Volume31
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2009
Externally publishedYes

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