Catherine R Coates

veterinary practice management to undergraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing students in the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol, UK

Motivation and job satisfaction in veterinary nursing

Work motivation has been a popular research subject for many decades and consequently a substantial body of empirical knowledge has been accumulated including some very influential theories, practical...

Pricing of veterinary products and services – fair pricing for profit?

There are a number of different pricing strategies in operation in veterinary practices in the UK and most practices will use more than one..

Building a veterinary practice brand

Brands first became important in the USA well over a century ago and were a method by which companies selling similar goods could differentiate their own offerings from those of their competitors...

Managing staff training and development

At a fundamental level, the provision of staff training and development has two objectives: staff need to be able to deliver the results managers want; and they must be willing to do so. Appropriate...

Practice—client relationships: handling complaints effectively

Parasuraman et al (1985) conducted studies of the quality of the services provided to clients by a wide range of different service organizations. This research led to the identification of a number...

Managing conflict at work: why managers fail

Researchers have made a number of attempts to identify and classify the causes of workplace conflict, but because there are so many, no one has come up with a definitive list as yet. Wall and...