Research Catalog

Title

Human resources in healthcare : managing for success / Bruce J. Fried, Myron D. Fottler, and James A. Johnson, editors.

Publication

Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : AUPHA Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Fried, Bruce, 1952-
• Fottler, Myron D.
• Johnson, James A., 1954-

Description

xviii, 429 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

"Human Resources in Healthcare: Managing for Success, Second Edition presents the techniques and practices behind effectively managing people - the healthcare industry's most important asset. It provides the concepts and practical tools necessary for meeting the unique challenge of managing healthcare employees. A comprehensive resource, the book covers fundamental topics such as performance management and employee rights as well as timely issues such as nurse workload management and managing diversity." "Cases that illustrate key concepts are included, along with exercises that allow readers to apply and practice the information given."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Human resources in health care

Subjects

• Personnel management
• Personnel Management > methods
• Public health personnel
• Medical personnel

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Gary Filerman -- Ch. 1. Strategic human resources management / Myron D. Fottler -- Ch. 2. Healthcare workforce planning / Thomas C. Ricketts -- Ch. 3. Healthcare professionals / Kenneth R. White, Dolores G. Clement and Kristie G. Stover -- Ch. 4. The legal environment of human resources management / Beverly L. Rubin and Bruce J. Fried -- Ch. 5. Workforce diversity / Rupert M. Evans, Sr -- Ch. 6. Job analysis and job design / Myron D. Fottler -- Ch. 7. Recruitment, selection, and retention / Bruce J. Fried -- Ch. 8. Organizational development, training, and knowledge management / James A. Johnson, Gerald R. Ledlow and Bernard J. Kerr, Jr. -- Ch. 9. Performance management / Bruce J. Fried -- Ch. 10. Compensation practices, planning, and challenges / Howard L. Smith, Bruce J. Fried, Derek van Amerongen and John Crisafulli -- Ch. 11. Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace / Michael T. Ryan and Anne Osborne Kilpatrick -- Ch. 12. Managing with organized labor / Donna Malvey -- Ch. 13. Nurse workload, staffing, and measurement / Cheryl B. Jones and George H. Pink -- Ch. 14. Human resources budgeting and employee productivity / Eileen F. Hamby -- Ch. 15. Creating customer-focused healthcare organizations / Myron D. Fottler and Robert C. Ford -- Ch. 16. Present trends that affect the future of human resources management and the healthcare workforce / Bruce J. Fried and Myron D. Fottler.

ISBN

1567932436 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005050220
• 9781567932430

OCLC

• ocm64066107
• SCSB-5237720

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries