Management of Healthcare Organizations: An Introduction provides an integrated, practical approach to management that is applicable to all kinds of healthcare organizations. The book prepares future managers and leaders to assess situations and develop solutions with confidence.

Health, healthcare, and healthcare organizations -- Management -- Planning -- Organizing: jobs, positions, and departments -- Organizing: organizations -- Organizing: groups and teams -- Staffing: obtaining employees -- Staffing: retaining employees -- Leading: theories and models -- Leading: motivating and influencing -- Leading: culture and ethics -- Controlling and improving performance -- Making decisions and solving problems -- Managing change -- Professionalism and communication -- A management case study: partners healthcare -- Integrative case studies -- Real-world applied integrative projects -- Your management toolbox.