The Open University

Research interests

Current developments in models for managing inter-organisational relations in complex services, including the nature of barriers to strategic change and approaches to working with these barriers; approaches to managing and consulting to strategic change, bringing together political, cognitive, cultural and psycho dynamic perspectives; the nature and dilemmas of professional leadership; the scholarly and practical contribution of action research in the field of management research.

Research groups

Name	Type	Parent Unit
Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theme	Theme	The Faculty of Business and Law

Externally funded projects

An open research university: How to embed public engagement within the culture of research (RS-11-005-TB)

Role	Start date	End date	Funding source
Co-investigator	01 Apr 2012	31 Mar 2015	RCUK Research Councils UK
The aim of this proposal is to embed public engagement with research within The Open University’s (OU) strategic planning for research and the operational practices of researchers at all levels; to become an open research university.

Publications

Journal articles

The Overlap Between Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care: A Scoping Literature Review (2021-04-01)
Visser, Renske; Borgstrom, Erica and Holti, Richard
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(4) (pp. 355-364)

Practices, Issues and Possibilities at the interface between Geriatrics and Palliative Care: An Exploratory study (InGaP) (2019-02-28)
Borgstrom, E.; Schiff, R.; Khan, S. A.; Hindley, E.; Thayabaran, D.; Savage, E.; Gough, N. and Holti, R.
Age and Ageing, 48(Supplement) (i27-i30)

Devolving healthcare services redesign to local clinical leaders: Does it work in practice? (2019)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Hartley, Jean and Marshall, Martin
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33(2) (pp. 188-203)

GP leadership in clinical commissioning groups: a qualitative multi-case study approach across England (2018-06)
Marshall, Martin; Holti, Richard; Hartley, Jean; Matharu, Tatum and Storey, John
British Journal of General Practice, 68(671) (e427-e432)

Clinical leadership through commissioning: Does it work in practice? (2015-02-01)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Hartley, Jean; Marshall, Martin and Matharu, Tatum
Health Services Management Research, 28(1-2) (pp. 1-8)

Lead on: What next for clinical leaders? (2013-09-04)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Commissioning Review

Clinical leadership in action (2013-03-05)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Health Service Journal

Client and consultant engagement in public sector IS projects (2012-08)
Hartnett, Elizabeth J.; Daniel, Elizabeth M. and Holti, Richard
International Journal of Information Management, 32(4) (pp. 307-317)

The contribution of clinical leadership to service redesign: a naturalistic inquiry (2012)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Health Services Management Research, 25(3) (pp. 144-151)

Understanding institutional change in project-based organizing (2011-09)
Holti, Richard
Journal of Applied Behavioural Science, 47(3) (pp. 360-394)

Sense-making by clinical and non-clinical executive directors within new governance arrangements (2009)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 23(2) (pp. 149-169)

Integrating project activities: the theory and practice of managing the supply chain through clusters (2001-01-01)
Nicolini, Davide; Holti, Richard and Smalley, Mark
Construction Management and Economics, 19(1) (pp. 37-47)

Authored books

Innovating Healthcare: The Role of Political, Managerial and Clinical Leadership (2020)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Routledge Studies in Health Management
ISBN : 9781138603844 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Book chapters

Executive directors' knowledge (2008)
Storey, John; Salaman, Graeme and Holti, Richard
In: Scarbrough, Harry ed. The Evolution of Business Knowledge (pp. 51-70)
ISBN : 9780199229604 | Publisher : Oxford University Press | Published : Oxford

Edited books

An Open Research University (2015)
Holliman, Richard; Adams, Anne; Blackman, Tim; Collins, Trevor; Davies, Gareth; Dibb, Sally; Grand, Ann; Holti, Richard; Mckerlie, Fiona; Mahony, Nick and Wissenburg, Astrid
Holliman, Richard; Adams, Anne; Blackman, Tim; Collins, Trevor; Davies, Gareth; Dibb, Sally; Grand, Ann; Holti, Richard; Mckerlie, Fiona; Mahony, Nick and Wissenburg, Astrid eds.
ISBN : 9781473004030 | Publisher : The Open University | Published : Milton Keynes

Conference items

Sense-making by clinical and non-clinical executive directors with new governance arrangements (2008-08-08)
Holti, Richard and Storey, John
In : Academy of Management Annual Meeting: the questions we ask (8-13 Aug 2008, Anaheim, CA, USA)

Understanding social capital in developing collaboration for project-based organising (2006-08-15)
Holti, Richard
In : Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Aug 11-16, Atlanta, Georgia)

Other

Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences of Pandemics: a rapid review of qualitative research (2022-07-12)
Vincent, Ben; Callahan, Evelyn; Borgstrom, Erica and Holti, Richard
The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Clinical leadership in service redesign using Clinical Commissioning Groups: a mixed-methods study (2018-01)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Hartley, Jean; Marshall, Martin and Matharu, Tatum

Mobilizing Clinical Leadership in and around Clinical Commissioning Groups: A mixed methods study (2017)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Hartley, Jean; Marshall, Martin and Matharu, Tatum
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

Towards a New Model of Leadership for the NHS (2013-06)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
NHS Leadership Academy

Possibilities and Pitfalls for Clinical Leadership in Improving Service Quality, Innovation and Productivity (2013-01-04)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Southampton.

Possibilities and pitfalls for clinical leadership in improving service quality, innovation and productivity (2013-01-04)
Storey, John and Holti, Richard
Final report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme, HMSO, London, United Kingdom.

The intended and unintended outcomes of new governance arrangements within the NHS (2010-03)
Storey, John; Holti, Richard; Winchester, Nik; Green, Rod; Salaman, Graeme and Bate, Paul
Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO

Advancing the integration of the supply chain in construction: The challenges for commercial practice (2007-06-01)
Holti, Richard; Smalley, Mark and Smith, Katy
Constructing Intelligence, London, UK.