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Melo, S. & Beck, M. (2014), Quality Management and Managerialism in Healthcare: A Critical Historical Survey. Palgrave Macmillan, London.

Quality Management and Managerialism in Healthcare creates a comprehensive and systematic international survey of various perspectives on healthcare quality management together with some of their most pertinent critiques. It reviews the factors which have underpinned the managerialist trajectory of healthcare management over the past decades.

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Journal articles
  • Melo, S, de Waele, L & Polzer , T (2022), ‘The role of post-new public management in shaping innovation: the case of a public hospital’, International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 88, no. 4, 4, pp. 1032–1049. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852320977626
  • Melo, S & Bishop, S (2020), ‘Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: the role of linked boundary objects’, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 246, 112731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112731
  • Ellis, G, Hunter, R, Hino, AAF, Cleland, C, Ferguson, S, Murtagh, B, Romelio Rodriguez-Añez, C, Melo, S, Tully, M, Kee, F, Sengupta, U & Reis, R (2018), ‘Study Protocol: Healthy Urban Living and Ageing in Place (HULAP study): physical activity, built and social environments and knowledge exchange.’, BMC Public Health, vol. 18, 1135, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6018-0
  • Melo, S (2018), ‘The role of place on healthcare quality improvement: A qualitative case study of a teaching hospital’, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 202, pp. 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.003
  • Padoveze, Maria Clara , MC, Melo, S, Bishop, S, De Brito , V & Castelo Branco Fortaleza , CM (2017), ‘Public policies on healthcare-associated infections: a Brazil and UK case study’, Revista de Saude Publica, vol. 51, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051000315
  • Melo, S (2016), ‘The impact of accreditation on healthcare quality improvement: a qualitative case study’, Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1242 – 1258. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-01-2016-0021
  • Melo, S & Beck, M (2015), ‘Intra and Interorganizational Learning Networks and the Implementation of Quality Improvement Initiatives: The Case of a Portuguese Teaching Hospital’, Human Resource Development Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 155-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21207
  • Melo, S & Ribeiro, J (2008), ‘The two-way relationship between the Balanced Scorecard and Management Control Systems in organizations: Lessons from a Case Study’, Contabilidade e Gestão – Portuguese Journal of Acccounting and Management, no. 6, pp. 9-31.
Other publications
  • Melo, S (2025), New public management. in L McCann, Ö Bozkurt, R Finn, E Granter, C Hunter , N Kivinen, A Kumar & B Wierman (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 333-338. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377721.00082
  • Melo, S (2019), ‘Doing a Case Study on Health Care Quality Improvement at a Large Public Teaching Hospital: A Non-Clinician’s Account’ SAGE Research Methods: Cases, vol. SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526477996
  • Melo, S & Kimone George, K (2023), ‘Developing an online anonymous questionnaire to study resilience’ Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529629071