Human Resources in Healthcare: Managing for Success, Fourth Edition, presents the techniques and practices behind effective management of people the healthcare profession s most important asset. It provides the concepts and practical tools necessary for meeting the unique challenges in today s healthcare environment.

Strategic human resources management / Myron D. Fottler -- Employment law, employee relations, and healthcare / Drake Maynard -- Healthcare professionals / Kenneth R. White and Dolores G. Clement -- Credentialing of healthcare providers / John C. Hyde II -- Workforce diversity / Rupert M. Evans Sr -- Job analysis and job design / Myron D. Fottler -- Recruitment, selection, and retention / Bruce J. Fried and Michael Gates -- Performance management / Bruce J. Fried -- Compensation practices, planning, and challenges / Bruce J. Fried and Howard L. Smith -- Employee benefits / Dolores G. Clement, Maria A. Curran, and Sharon L. Jahn -- Organizational development and learning / Donna L. Kaye and Myron D. Fottler -- Managing with organized labor / Donna Malvey and Amanda Raffenaud -- Workforce planning in a rapidly changing healthcare system / Erin P. Fraher and Marisa Morrison -- The nurse workforce in healthcare organizations / Cheryl B. Jones, George H. Pink, and Lindsay T. Munn -- Human resources management practices for quality and patient safety / Jordan Albritton and Bruce J. Fried.