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Rationalising practice work
Author(s) -
Gunn Dixon,
Belgrave Jos
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.19.3.162
Subject(s) - work (physics) , service (business) , business , operations management , tertiary sector of the economy , public relations , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , marketing , political science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering
WHEN a sector of practice starts to decline, a stage may eventually be reached when the question arises of whether the practice should remain involved with that area of work. Dropping a sector of work is not straightforward, however. As this article explains, much thought is required, balancing reasoned calculations against the desire to offer a service to all the clients of the practice.