Paperback. Health care systems are highly complex and dynamic. Different systems around the world vary in the way services are managed yet, regardless of these differences, the need for effective managers and managerial leaders is essential in allowing organizations or professionals to achieve specific goals. This book provides an understanding of the concepts of management, managerial leadership and governance within health care systems. It provides a thorough introduction to, and conceptual framework for, the analysis of health systems management and goes on to examine fundamental management tasks, including: Managing income and finances Managing peopleManaging strategy and changeManaging resultsSeries Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood. This book provides an understanding of the concepts of management, managerial leadership and governance within health care systems. It provides a thorough introduction to, and conceptual framework for, the analysis of health systems management and goes on to examine fundamental management tasks. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Managing Health Services (Paperback)
Publisher: Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0335218520
ISBN 13: 9780335218523
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: new

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This book provides an understanding of the concepts of management, managerial leadership and governance within health care systems. After an introductory section that provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of health systems management, each subsequent section addresses a fundamental management task: managing income and finances; managing people; managing strategy and change; managing results; all of which require a degree of managerial leadership.

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Senior Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Policy of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Senior Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Policy of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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