Perspectives of participative management in nursing.
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.
Trevizan
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Department of General and Specialized Nursing, College of Nursing, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Mendes
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IA
D003405:Creativity; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012945:Social Values; D017749:Total Quality Management