✍ Scribed by ANDREW BOOTH; SUE HEY
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Since the appearance of the NHS Executive's guidance document, Purchasing Intelligence (1991), efforts have been concentrated on the development of ‘purchasing intelligence facilities’ staffed, in the main, by health librarians. However, the concept of ‘intelligence’ has a wider dimension that impacts upon the whole culture of an organization. The authors examine purchasing organizations against popular theories of organizational development. The characteristics of Handy's Task culture, with Athena as its patron, may be observed in many authorities. Using the results of two surveys, conducted in March 1995, they identify some key information management issues involving structure, tasks, technology and people. Skills in information ‘transformation’ must be acquired by all staff in purchasing authorities. The intelligence officer must become a modern‐day Odysseus if the intelligence facility is to ‘survive and thrive’.
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