Doody's Weighted Numerical Score: 100 - 5 Stars!

"This is an excellent addition to any management library. It is well written, thorough, and covers a wide range of relevant topics. It is a great way to explore supervision and management topics."

~Cynthia Lee Cummings, RN, MSN, EdD(University of North Florida Brooks College of
Health)


"I have seen numerous texts and this is the best. Students at the grad level and in the field really benefit from it. Thanks for a quality publication."
-John A. Romas, MPH, PhD, Health Science, Department, Minnesota State University

The Eighth Edition of this best-selling text continues to offer proven, hands-on, practical applications of both classic and current management principles in the healthcare setting. Packed with strategies, techniques, and tools to build or reinforce your management skills and meet the never-ending challenges that one may face daily as a healthcare supervisor, students and professionals alike will benefit from this classic guidebook that is now more reader-friendly and accessible.

Key Features:
- Particularly valuable to those new to management and supervisory responsibilities
- Deals with the fundamentals of management from the unique context of the healthcare organization
- Useful as a classroom tool and also as a working guide, a text students will want to keep and refer to later
- Thoroughly updated, including two new chapters on the "Evolving Supervisory Role" and the "Volatile Healthcare Environment"


Pedagogy

Intro Quote
Chapter Objectives
"Situation"
Dialogues
Questions for Review and Discussion
"Exercise"
Notes