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A Model Of Management Learning For Occupational Therapists In Small Business In Australia, Jeannine Millsteed
A Model Of Management Learning For Occupational Therapists In Small Business In Australia, Jeannine Millsteed
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This research sought to identify factors that contribute to occupational therapists developing management competencies when they become small business owners providing professional clinical services. This is an important for several reasons and precipitated by the Australian government’s introduction of incentives that encourage health professions to move from employment in public hospitals into the private sector, coupled with a recognition that occupational therapists receive no formal business training in their professional education, and the reported high levels of business failure in the small business sector. A review of the literature established the value of small business to the Australian economy, growth …