
Micro-Enterprise and Personalisation
What Size Is Good Care?
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2016
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-4473-1922-1 (ISBN)
Description
What size is 'just right' for a care provider? This book explores size as an independent variable in care services. Using interviews and surveys with 108 people using services and carers in 27 case-study organisations it focuses on the contribution micro-enterprise can make to the care sector.
Reviews / Votes
"A well-researched contribution by leading experts in this subject. Essential reading for policy professionals, providers of social care and the growing social and micro-enterprise community." Alex Murdock, Professor Emeritus, London South Bank UniversityMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 s/w Abbildungen, 7 s/w Tabellen
7 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-1922-1 (9781447319221)
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Persons
Catherine Needham is Reader in Public Policy and Public Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. She has written extensively on social care.
Kerry Allen is a lecturer at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. Her research interests include participatory research and the design and delivery of social care services.
Kelly Hall is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include health and social care social enterprises and micro-enterprises.
Kerry Allen is a lecturer at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. Her research interests include participatory research and the design and delivery of social care services.
Kelly Hall is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include health and social care social enterprises and micro-enterprises.
Content
Introduction: what size is `just right' for a care provider?;
Why study size?;
Enterprise and care;
Methods for co-productive research;
What it means to be micro;
Micro-enterprises: better outcomes at a lower cost;
Enacting personalisation on a micro scale;
Micro innovation: what, how and who?;
How micro-enterprise performs;
Sustainability: are micro-enterprises built to last?;
Conclusion: scaling down?;
Appendix 1: Site one interview schedule;
Appendix 2: Adapted ASCOT tool;
Appendix 3: Developing the innovation theme codes.
Why study size?;
Enterprise and care;
Methods for co-productive research;
What it means to be micro;
Micro-enterprises: better outcomes at a lower cost;
Enacting personalisation on a micro scale;
Micro innovation: what, how and who?;
How micro-enterprise performs;
Sustainability: are micro-enterprises built to last?;
Conclusion: scaling down?;
Appendix 1: Site one interview schedule;
Appendix 2: Adapted ASCOT tool;
Appendix 3: Developing the innovation theme codes.