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Essential Techniques for Healthcare Managers

Leigh Cellucci, PhD, MBA Carla Wiggins, PhD

ISBN: 9781567933352
Softbound, 272pp, 2009
Order Code: 2136I
Gateway to Healthcare Management
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Book Description

Healthcare managers ensure that the organization’s mission is met, that its goals are achieved, and that the work is done right. This book provides you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence you need to be a successful healthcare manager.

This book uses realistic scenarios, cases, and exercises to bring essential management concepts to life. You will learn how to handle management responsibilities such as delegating projects, making ethical decisions, resolving conflicts, defending a budget, and monitoring organizational performance. Also included are an overview of health law and a discussion of diversity issues that will prepare you to work in today’s healthcare environment.

Topics and techniques covered include:

 

  • Evidence-based management
  • Ethics
  • Evaluating employees
  • Diversity
  • Decision making
  • Change
  • Teamwork
  • Hiring and terminating
  • Communication
  • Delegation
  • Motivating employees
  • Managing conflicts
  • Leadership
  • Time management
  • Program assessment
  • Legal issues

     

    Instructor Resources: PowerPoint slides, discussion points for end-of-chapter questions, and a test bank. To see a sample, click on the Instructor Resource sample tab above.