Management Principles for Health Professionals [Paperback]

Joan Gratto Liebler (Author), Charles R. McConnell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0763746177 | ISBN-13: 978-0763746179 | Edition: 5

Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams with skill and ease. The Fifth Edition is loaded with all-new examples from real-world healthcare settings. It addresses the most current topics in health care such as patient safety initiatives, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), revenue recovery efforts, and diversity training.

Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 5 edition (August 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763746177
• ISBN-13: 978-0763746179
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Management Principles for Health Professionals, May 2, 2004

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Ann Tomey (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management Principles for Health Professionals (Hardcover)

The forth edition of Management Principles for Health Professionals has three parts and 15 chapters. Part one has two chapters about the health professional's modern arena. Part two has five chapters about management functions-planning, decision making, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. Part three has eight chapters about practical considerations for keeping the department running smoothly-budgeting; committees and teams; adaptation, innovation, and conflict management; training and development; authority, leadership, and supervision; human resource management; communication; and day-to-day management. Each chapter starts with chapter objectives and ends with exercises, notes, and appendix. There are exhibits throughout the book including but not limited to: mission, vision, values statement, philosophy, objectives, procedure, strategic plan, scheduling by shifts, guidelines for use of contractual services, job descriptions, process for written request for release of information, control tools, annual budget plan, worksheets for budgeting, calculating FTE, worksheet for comparison of storage options, follow up of committee actions, monitoring and evaluation of standards, quality assurance report, program evaluation, written warning and grievance procedure. Tables, figures, and cases are used throughout to help clarify concepts. The book ends with a index. This book is useful for nursing student, practicing nurse managers and other health professionals.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars five functions plus two, April 4, 2007

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Joe Niemczura "nursing faculty" (Honolulu Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Management Principles for Health Care Professionals, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

I use this when I teach the senior level management course in a school of nursing. there will be a new edition in fall 2007.

The typical challenge faced by teachers of this content at this level is that when the stduents are in their very last semester, they need to "keep it real" and stay motivated to learn the content which may seem abstract at times. Most will not be going into management but they do need to know how a manager will think, because each of them will have to deal with a manager very soon. I think this book conveys the material as well as any. Not to fluffy not too in-depth.

Covers the usual "five functions of management" ( staffing, directing, controlling, planning, organizing) and adds chapter four on the topic of decision-making as well. aslo include a description of bureaucratic imperialism, which in my view is a key concept for those seeking a deeper level of ability to predict organizational behavior.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Management college level book, February 28, 2007

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G. Morales "Gloria Ramirez" (Sunny San Antonio, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management Principles for Health Care Professionals, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

I bought this book for my Health Care Management Class for college, and I think this is a good source. The readings are so complete that they are a little too hard for me, but it covers all the possible job-related experiences.