Swansburg, Russell C. <br/><br/>
Introductory management and leadership for nurses :  an interactive text / 
Russell C. Swansburg and Richard J. Swansburg 
 - Second edition. 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  Jone and Bartlett Learning,  c1999 
 - xviii, 771 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Critical thinking -- Introduction to managed care -- Introduction to theory of nursing management -- Introduction to theory of human resource development -- The planning process -- Foundations for panning--mission, philosophy, objectives, and management plans -- Staffing and scheduling -- Human resource management -- Introduction to collective bargaining -- Budgeting basics -- Managing a clinical practice discipline -- Desicion making and problem solving -- Implementing planned change -- The organizing process -- Committees and other groups -- Decentralization and participatory management -- The directing (leading) process -- Leadership -- Motivation -- Communication -- Nursing informatics -- Staff development -- Managing cnflict -- Controlling or evaluating -- Total quality management -- quality management -- Perforamance appraisal -- Pay for performance 
<br/><br/> Introductory -level management text organizes content into four major maangement areas: planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating. The content of this text provides an understanding of key management functions and reinforces essential leadership behaviors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>076370640X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>NURSING SERVICES -- ADMINISTRATION
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT 89. S93 1999