This book provides professional administrators and nursing students with a comprehensive overview of management concepts and theories.

Forces influencing nursing leadership -- Leadership theory and application for nurse leaders -- Professional practice : a prototype linking nursing in interpersonal teams -- Executive coaching as a lever for professional development and leadership in healthcare organizations -- Leading in an era of change and uncertainty : driving excellence in practice while developing leaders of the future -- Organizational structure and accountability in healthcare systems -- Strategic practices in achieving organizational effectiveness -- Procuring and sustaining resources : the budgeting process -- Maximizing human capital -- Managing performance -- Information management and knowledge development as actions for leaders -- Laws, regulations, and healthcare policy shaping administrative practice -- Risk anticipation and management : creating a culture of quality, safety, and value -- Leaders achieving sustainable outcomes -- Messaging and disseminating excellence in leadership and ethical implications -- Leading implementation for sustainable improvement -- Polarity thinking : a lens for embracing wicked problems, conflict, and resistance in healthcare -- Future considerations : leading and managing population health.