title: Perspectives of participative management in nursing.
abstract: Nursing administration takes on a bureaucratic orientation in Brazil. In this article, the authors report a strategy of participative management as a useful resource for transforming bureaucratic organizations. Principles of participative management, in the context of a social model of management, are presented and applied to nursing.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Specialized Nursing, College of Nursing, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Trevizan
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012945:Social Values; D017749:Total Quality Management