IngentaConnect A Comparative Analysis of Entrepreneurial Approaches Within Publi...

Authors: Patricia A. Rowe¹; Rosalie A. Boyce²; Maree V. Boyle³; Kathleen O'Reilly¹

Source: Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 63, Number 2, June 2004 , pp. 16-30(15)

Abstract:

This article examines the development of two distinct models of organising allied health professionals within two public sector health service organisations in Australia. The first case illustrated a mode of organising that facilitated a culture that focused on asset protection and whose external orientation was threat oriented because its disparate multiple identities operated as a fractured, fragmented and competitive set of profession disciplines. In this milieu, there was no evidence of entrepreneurial approaches being used. In contrast, the second case study illustrated a mode of organising that facilitated an entrepreneurial culture that focused on asset growth and an external orientation that was opportunity oriented because of the evolution of a strong superordinate allied health identity that operated as a single united health services stakeholder. This evolution was coupled with the emergence of a corporate boardroom model of management that is consonant with Savage et al. (1997) IDS/N model of management. Once this structure and strategy were in place, corporate entrepreneur ship became the modus operandi. Consequently, because the case study was a situation where corporate entrepreneurship existed in the public sector, it was possible to compare the factors that stimulate corporate entrepreneurship in Sadler's (2000) study with factors that were observed in our study.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2004.00375.x

Affiliations: 1: Business School University of Queensland Brisbane 2: Research Fellow School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane 3: Department of Management Griffith University Brisbane

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A Comparative Analysis of Entrepreneurial Approaches Within Public Healthcare Organisations