ERP systems are difficult and costly to implement. Studies show that a large portion of the overall implementation cost can be attributed to consulting fees. Therefore it becomes crucial to use consultants effectively to keep the overall costs low. On one hand organizations want to reduce the engagement of costly consultants, but on the other hand hardly any organization has the internal knowle...

General practitioner attitude questionnaires were sent in May 1987 to 525 general practitioners (GPs) within Avon. A year later a section dealing with the management of clinical situations was sent to 198 Avon consultants, to determine how they would ideally expect a GP to respond to these situations. The majority of both the GPs and consultants held a common viewpoint, but significant differen...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that consultants have a low level of confidence in routinely collected clinical data. The aims of this study were to assess the actual levels of confidence in clinical information experienced by consultants and to understand the factors affecting confidence. A questionnaire was devised incorporating a scale to measure levels of confidence. This was disseminated to 50...

Background: Healthcare professionals must make decisions for patients based on ethical considerations. However, they rely on clinical ethics consultations (CEC) to review ethical justifications of their decisions. CEC consultants support the cases reviewed and guide medical care. When both healthcare professionals and CEC consultants face ethical problems in medical care, how is their judgment ...

The e-logbook is used to monitor progression through training and to assess training within teaching units. We document consultant and trainee opinions with regards to supervision status, and to inform guidelines for trainees and trainers using the e-logbook. A questionnaire was sent to consultants and trainees in the UK and Ireland. Eight theatre scenarios were described and respondents were a...

In the literature on individual and organisational learning, 'challenge' is widely presumed to be an important element in the learning process. This assumption is also evident in the field of management consultancy where consultants' 'outsider' status and knowledge base is seen as helpful in that new ideas promote innovation and knowledge exploration. The consultant is positioned as challenger;...