The challenge of generational change from robust governance in the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Spain. An example of leadership and public management at the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Alicante

Abstract

Currently, the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMLCF) are in a turbulent environment favoured by the emergence of new challenges and different professional categories and demands, all of this linked to the generational change and the imminent change in the qualification requirements for access to the Corps of Forensic Doctors. Beyond the need for greater resources, the convenience of exploring the capacities of the IMLCF to face these challenges is raised. From the emerging paradigm of robust governance, articulated from four institutional capacities (strategic, management, relational and analytical), a scheme is proposed that allows the articulation of change proposals to promote the systematic reinforcement of the IMLCF.

To do this, an operating model based on flexibility with adaptive capacity must be implemented, but which integrates the essential stability to maintain its basic activities.

It is proposed to plan and give proposals for improvement that help to successfully face the challenge of generational change in forensic medicine professionals taking the IMLCF of Alicante as an example.