title: Bureaucracy to adhocracy. A possible structure for the Department of Health and Family Services.
abstract: At a meeting on Friday, 7 June 1996, the Minister for Health and Family Services, The Hon. Michael Wooldridge MP, asked the authors to prepare a paper on a possible structure for the Department of Health and Family Services. This followed our explanation to him of navigating women's and children's health service issues through the existing departmental structure. We had explained that such navigation included nearly all of the divisions within the department; and then within those divisions there were different branches responsible for different activities. It has been our experience that rarely do the different divisions, branches or sections exchange ideas, views or policies that might affect women and children. The result is a fragmented approach to this important group of the population. We know that this same approach, exists for other key population groups. This paper has been prepared at the request of the Minister, and follows an approach based on population and outcome.
authors.affiliation: National Director of Women's Hospitals Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goodier
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends