School of Entrepreneurship & Business
PhD Students
Linda Grimmett
[Thesis: Innovation and professional culture in the NHS: a case study in the Audiology Department]
Linda Grimmett enrolled as a part-time PhD student in Business Administration in October 2007 with the University of Essex.
She is also working full time for the National Health Service (NHS) as Manager of Audiology Services. She started her professional career as an audiologist in 1978 and in addition to her professional qualification (which include a taught doctorate in audiology), she has studied with the University of Leicester on a distance learning basis and has achieved both a post-graduate certificate and diploma in management, before the successful completion of a master’s degree in business administration (MBA).
Linda attends many professional events and trainings both in the UK and abroad, and looks forward to the challenges of incorporating the PhD work into her agenda!
Doctoral research outline
The proposed study will examine the issues associated with the professional culture of the public sector in relation to change, innovation and knowledge sharing. The NHS is a publicly funded health care system which is undergoing a process of great change, and the requirements for innovative practices are of the utmost importance. However, the bureaucratic, hierarchical and professional nature of the system can make this difficult. The study will use the qualitative method of ethnography to examine knowledge sharing practices in my area of work.
Year of entry
October 2007
Supervisors
Dr Manuela Nocker and
Dr Ping Zheng