Sue Dopson teaches on the University of Oxford's degree programme in management and also on a wide range of executive development programmes for public sector organisations and commercial companies. Her interests include the nature of managerial work; the changing role of the middle manager; career issues for managers; management in the public sector; and managing with professionals. Before pursuing an academic career, Sue Dopson worked as a personnel manager in the NHS, and her most recent work has been on how developments in genetic science will influence clinical practice and health care...