Impact of Lack of Management on Organisational Growth

London Ambulance Service:
Lack of Management

Table of Contents
TOPIC: “An investigation to analyse the impact of lack of management on organisational
growth.” A case study on London Ambulance Service...................................................................1
A) INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
Overview of Research Area........................................................................................................1
B) Theoretical Background and Research Focus.............................................................................2
Literature Review........................................................................................................................2
Research aim...............................................................................................................................4
Research Objectives....................................................................................................................4
Research questions......................................................................................................................4
C) Justification and Contextualization.............................................................................................6
Project Rationale.........................................................................................................................6
D) Methodology...............................................................................................................................7
Research Philosophy...................................................................................................................7
Research Approach.....................................................................................................................7
Methodology and Research Design............................................................................................7
Data Collection Method..............................................................................................................8
Data Analysis..............................................................................................................................8
Ethics...........................................................................................................................................8
Sampling.....................................................................................................................................9
Limitations..................................................................................................................................9
E) Bibliography..............................................................................................................................10

TOPIC: “An investigation to analyse the impact of lack of management on
organisational growth.” A case study on London Ambulance Service.
A) INTRODUCTION
Overview of Research Area
Management can be said to be a combination of principles concerning the principles of
planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and directing and consequently executing these
principles to attain high business efficiency. This is mainly concerned with the effective as well
as efficient utilisation of physical, financial, technological, human and information resources
within an entity. Management is considered to be the most important of an organisation which
helps in making sure that the enterprise operates in an effective manner. Now, ambulatory care is
ascertained to be a kind of outpatient and non emergency medical aid which is provided to the
people in need of medical services. Ambulatory care is a matter of life and death as delay in the
arrival of ambulance at the place of medical urgency or delay in the arrival of ambulance at the
hospital may result an individual, his or her life. Management holds immense significance in
context of ambulatory care services as it ensures that the ambulance reaches the place of patient
in a timely manner and deports them to the health care centre within time. In this relation, it can
be said that management within the ambulance services ensure the delivery of quality medical
services to the ones in need in time so that they can be relieved of their pain or suffering. The
current research is conducted on London Ambulance Service, the busiest emergency ambulance
service provider within the bounds of United Kingdom. The organisation provides urgent as well
as emergency health care services to the patients free of cost. This entity pertains to NHS and
provides its health care facilities across the whole of London. London Ambulance Service has
been facing the issue of lack of management from last some time which is hampering its growth
and development prospects.
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B) Theoretical Background and Research Focus
Literature Review
Literature review can be defined as that section of the research project which provides
due assistance to the investigator in collection of information on the different research questions
from the secondary sources of data. This ultimately helps the investigator in collecting valid and
true information on the subject matter to reach to valid outcomes. This section of the research
allows looking upon the topic from the specs of different authors, researchers, academicians,
philosophers. Now, the literature review presented upon the topic of the current study is as
follows:-
To understand the importance of management within an organisation.
As per the views expressed by the author named as Pfrunder, Falk and Lindström (2017), it
has been analysed that management plays huge role in the growth of the company as it makes it
easier for the business manager to effectively make use of available resources and convert it into
the finished products that would provide higher return to the same entity. It can be said that
effective incorporation of management within the company help entity in accomplishing its
present goals and objectives. This is so because; it’s easier for the same corporation to sustain
longer within the same sector. Another importance of management is that it increases efficiency
of the employees as they gets all the required things on time which ultimately makes them
perform the same work in more effective manner. Moreover, management is also supportive in
the accomplishing personal objectives manager which ultimately motivates them to put
additional efforts in performing organizational work. Apart from the some of the other benefits
of management which reflects its effective are Establishes Equilibrium, Establishes Sound
Organization, Enhances Prosperity of Society, reduces organisational expenses, Optimum
Utilization of Resources and others. All of these clearly depicts that the management supports
each and every organisational in improvising its performance. This contributes in enhancing
profitability of the same corporation too.
To determine reasons behind lack of management at London Ambulance Service.
On the basis of the views expressed by O'Cathain and et. al. (2018), it has been analysed
that lack of management could result worst for the any company as they might not be able to
perform up to the mark. It can be said that behind lack of management there are several reasons
which reduces the capability of management and affects its efficiency. With reference to
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