Managing Healthy Organizations

Author : Mikael Holmqvist,Christian Maravelias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136929847

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Managing Healthy Organizations by Mikael Holmqvist,Christian Maravelias Pdf

During the past two decades, corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. However, little attention has been given to how contemporary worksite health programs in fact blur the traditional distinction between work and private life. This has resulted in that little research on the other side of the work-health nexus: how employers factor health considerations into workforce management and productivity control. With the advancement of "work-site health promotion" in contemporary organizations, Holmqvist and Maravelias argue that this narrow focus, and the typical uncritical standpoint towards initiatives which are taken in the name of employees’ health, is inadequate. At a more fundamental level, the advancement of work-site health promotion may be a sign of a new or altered corporate health ethic: in contrast to the old corporate health ethic that was narrow and specific to the workplace, the new corporate health ethic appears to judge the ‘whole employee’ and especially what the whole employee may become; the risks one faces and the abilities one has to shoulder the responsibility for developing into a real corporate value. The authors suggest that health experts’ work is closely aligned with problems relating to the general management of organizations. Through a focused appraisal of this central albeit neglected occupational group in management studies, this book tries to explore and understand in some depth situations and experiences that are of general interest and concern in our society.

Author : Patrick M. Lencioni
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118266106

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The Advantage by Patrick M. Lencioni Pdf

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides. Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni’s first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizational health—complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from his experiences consulting to some of the nation’s leading organizations. In this age of informational ubiquity and nano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitive advantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides a foundational construct for conducting business in a new way—one that maximizes human potential and aligns the organization around a common set of principles.

Author : Joan E. Pynes,Donald N. Lombardi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470873557

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Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations by Joan E. Pynes,Donald N. Lombardi Pdf

This book is a comprehensive guide to the essential areas of health care human resources management, and is an immediately useful practical handbook for practitioners as well as a textbook for use health care management programs. Written by the authors of Handbook for the New Health Care Manager and Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, the book covers the context of human resources management in the unique health care business arena from a strategic perspective includes SHRM and human resources planning, organizational culture and assessment, and the legal environment of human resources management. Managing volunteers and job analysis perfor­mance appraisal instruments, training and development programs, and recruitment, targeted selection and hiring techniques are covered. Compensation poli­cies and practices, employer-provided benefits management, implementation of training and organizational development programs, as well as labor-management relations for health care organizations and healthcare human resource information technology are covered, with practical examples and proven strategies amply provided in each chapter.

Author : Beaufort B. Longest,Jonathon S. Rakich,Kurt Darr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Health facilities
ISBN : 1878812572

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Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems by Beaufort B. Longest,Jonathon S. Rakich,Kurt Darr Pdf

The experts in health administration have authored a revised and enhanced edition of the standard text for health services managers! The crisp and readable fourth edition of this widely acclaimed text examines virtually every aspect of health services management, with a new emphasis on health systems, a thorough update of all material, and new or revised cases and questions in every chapter.While providing comprehensive coverage of the conceptual frameworks for managing the organization and delivery of health services, the fourth edition highlights the management challenges presented by the increasingly prevalent systems structure in American health care. This important new emphasis joins a host of improvements to the book including: -- More than 75 new and revised cases-- New discussion questions among the hundreds in the text-- A significantly enhanced problem-solving chapter-- More tables, figures, diagrams and visual aids-- Enhanced sections on managed care and alternate delivery mechanisms-- Attention to nontraditional and alternative medicine-- Expanded and updated bibliographies for each chapter-- Improved instructor's manualThe revision has been extensive. That's why you can be confident that Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems, Fourth Edition, still brings you the same comprehensive information you've come to expect on every aspect of health services management, from managerial problem solving, resource allocation and utilization, management functions and roles, and organizational culture, to continuous quality improvement, human resources, interorganizational relationships, and facilitation of change.Over 200 colleges anduniversities trust this text to teach their students how to tackle the challenging issues facing today's health services managers. Hundreds of thought-provoking discussion questions and intriguing case studies let students

Author : L. Fleming Fallon (Jr.)
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Health facilities
ISBN : 9781449614713

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Managing Health Organizations for Quality and Performance by L. Fleming Fallon (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Goodwin, Nick,Gruen, Reinhold,Iles, Valerie
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780335218523

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Managing Health Services by Goodwin, Nick,Gruen, Reinhold,Iles, Valerie Pdf

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 people Managing strategy and change Managing results

Author : Brian Dive
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749446932

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The Healthy Organization by Brian Dive Pdf

Despite the huge volume of research on organizational design, ranging from the work of management gurus and journalists to that of sociologists and behavioural scientists, most organizations remain profoundly unhealthy. In this fully updated 2nd edition of The Healthy Organization, Brian Dive reveals that the unhealthy features of both large and small organizations all stem from the same source, namely the lack of true decision-making accountability (DMA), and he introduces a totally new approach to leadership development. Based on the author's experience at Unilever and Tesco, and more recently at Amersham, B&Q and Marks & Spencer, and covering research in over 50 countries, The Healthy Organization answers the recurring questions that dog an organization's development: How many people should there be in this organization? How many layers of hierarchy are necessary? What are the most effective professional development steps for employees? What career paths should individuals follow to reach fulfilment? By following the steps outlined in the book, Brian Dive reveals that healthy organizational management will lead to greater competitiveness, spark innovation and increase employee empowerment and commitment.

Author : David A. Hofmann,Lois E. Tetrick
Publisher : Pfeiffer
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015056280418

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Health and Safety in Organizations by David A. Hofmann,Lois E. Tetrick Pdf

A volume in the "Organizational Frontiers Series", this title provides a review and integration of the different lines of research focusing on individual health and well-being in organizations. It includes a broad array of topics ranging from information processing and human error to human resource management strategy. The book's theoretical discussions explore the theoretical linkages between individual health and certain aspects of the overall health of the organization, as well as how certain characteristics of organizations can influence individual health and well-being.

Author : Woodstock Theological Center
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0878407286

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Ethical Issues in Managed Health Care Organizations by Woodstock Theological Center Pdf

A review of the complex ethical problems that confront many professionals and decision makers in managed care systems.

Author : Nancy M. Lorenzi,Robert T. Riley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475741841

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Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics by Nancy M. Lorenzi,Robert T. Riley Pdf

It has become obvious in recent years that successfully introducing major new systems into complex medical organizations requires an effective blend of good technical and organizational skills. The technically best system may be woefully inadequate if its implementation is resisted by people who have low psychological ownership in that system. On the other hand, people with high ownership can make a technically mediocre system function fairly well. ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH INFORMATICS focuses on both the successful strategies for implementation of information systems with medical organizations and also on effective management strategies for the altered organization once the new systems are in place.

Author : Graham Lowe
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442698772

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Creating Healthy Organizations by Graham Lowe Pdf

The current global economic environment is defined by unprecedented uncertainty, a premium placed on knowledge, and the threat of future talent scarcity. Key to an organization's success under these conditions is its ability to strengthen the links between people and performance. Creating Healthy Organizations provides executives, managers, human resource professionals, and employees an action-oriented approach to forging these connections by creating and sustaining vibrant and productive workplaces. A healthy organization operates in ways that benefits all stakeholders, including employees, customers, shareholders, and communities. Using a wide range of examples from a variety of internationally based industries, Graham Lowe integrates leading practices with research on workplace health and wellness, quality work environments, employee engagement, organizational performance, and corporate social responsibility to make a compelling business case for creating healthy, resilient, and sustainable organizations. Creating Healthy Organizations offers readers, whether CEOs or front-line workers, an innovative framework and practical tools for planning, implementing, and measuring healthy change in their workplaces.

Author : Prof Sir Cary L Cooper CBE,Professor Caroline Biron,Professor Ronald J Burke
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781472402400

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Creating Healthy Workplaces by Prof Sir Cary L Cooper CBE,Professor Caroline Biron,Professor Ronald J Burke Pdf

The contributions in Creating Healthy Workplaces include a number of interventions that relate the efforts undertaken by researchers and organizations together, to reduce stress and improve the mental and physical health of employees through positive change initiatives. Those working in the field of occupational stress have received criticism that too much emphasis has been placed on negative issues and that positive initiatives have been largely ignored. With the growing influence of the positive movement, this book explores the implications of using a positive approach as opposed to a stress management one and compares the types of interventions they each require. From a positive perspective, there is a need to understand the characteristics of healthy, thriving, and flourishing people and organizations. This book explores the implications of using a positive approach as opposed to a stress management one. Some of the interventions described in Creating Healthy Workplaces target individuals and their attitudes and behaviours, others target workplace relationships, work units and the wider organization. Outcomes such as reduced occurrences of smoking, obesity, depression, elevated blood pressure, accidents and workplace injuries, presenteeism, absence and staff turnover are reported. The factors associated with the success of these interventions are identified and advice is given as to how interested individuals and organizations might proceed to develop worksite interventions on their own.

Author : Ina Simnett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 047195814X

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Managing Health Promotion by Ina Simnett Pdf

This is a concise, practical and timely guide to the improved management of health promotion. It includes information on systems for quality improvement and audit of health promotion. It describes a developmental approach to intervention based on the values and processes of individual autonomy, democracy, mutual empowerment and community participation. Emphasis is placed both on how to create organizations and conditions which enhance health and quality of life, and on how to empower individuals and forge relationships through which everyone makes health gains. Recent research and evaluation is discussed in a practical way including how best to help people change their lifestyles and how to extend our outreach so that hard-to-reach groups become active participants. [Editor]

Author : Leiyu Shi
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780763729974

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Managing Human Resources in Health Care Organizations by Leiyu Shi Pdf

Light on complex theoretical language, this relevant, accessible text offers a hands-on approach to studying human resources in various healthcare systems such as hospitals, integrated healthcare systems, managed care settings, private practices, and public health clinics. The book can be used as a stand-alone textbook in undergraduate or graduate level courses on human resources. With its practice-oriented approach, it is also a valuable resource for current health care organizations.

Author : James A. Johnson,Kimberly S. Davey
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781284167115

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Essentials of Managing Public Health Organizations by James A. Johnson,Kimberly S. Davey Pdf

Written for undergraduate students in public health, community health, and a range of other health disciplines, as well as beginning managers and supervisors working in public health, Essentials of Managing Public Health Organizations is a concise, yet comprehensive text that uniquely focuses on managing public health organizations by addressing key management topics, processes, and emerging issues. Beginning with an overview of public health and key public health organizations, the text moves onto explain public health management fundamentals and functions– from planning and decision making, organizing and managing change, to staffing, leading, budgeting, ethics, and more. By the end of the text, the reader will not only better understand public health organizations, but the skills and functions needed to effectively manage them.