Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management

Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management, Second Edition provides the essential tools and strategies for Human Resource Management (HRM) personnel to become empowered custodians of change in any healthcare organization. Each part focuses on a key area of HRM including staffing, training and development, employee relations, and long-range planning, with individual chapters providing key resources and support materials and resources. Thoroughly updated to reflect today's human resource management in healthcare, the Second Edition is comprehensive, clear, and relevant, making it an indispensable resource for the undergraduate student. Key Features: -An all-inclusive overview of HRM from its beginnings to present day trends, including state and federal healthcare laws, codes of ethics, staffing and hiring, training and development, employee relations, strategic planning, and more. -New content on creating safe workplaces, discussion of the "Me Too" movement, how to deal with active shooter situations and the opioid epidemic. -Extensive chapter resources engage the student with learning objectives, provocative "Did You Know That?" facts, lists of key terms, concise chapter summaries, and references section for further reading. -Student activities in every chapter -- designed for online, traditional, and classroom settings -- encourage critical thinking and content retention.
"Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management, Second Edition is a comprehensive overview of the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in all aspects of healthcare management. Beginning with a survey of HRM, from its beginnings to present-day trends, the text moves on to cover state and federal healthcare laws, codes of ethics, staffing organizations, training and development, employee relations, and long-term planning. Each section focuses on a key area of HRM, with individual chapters providing support materials and resources for personnel. The text is designed to be equally accessible and useful for both established human resource departments in large-scale organizations and general managers of smaller organizations with no specialized HR department.Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management provides the essential tools and strategies for HRM personnel to become empowered custodians of change in any healthcare organization. Taking into account the increasing diversity of patients and employees, the effects of technology and globalization on healthcare delivery, the credentialing of health care providers, and the measurement of labor productivity and much more, this text is an essential resource for HRM students, and practitioners alike.The Second Edition offers updated data throughout as well as new chapters on employee diversity, labor productivity measurement, and credentialing health care providers"--Provided by publisher.
Nancy J. Niles is currently teaching undergraduate business and healthcare management classes in the AACSB accredited Department of Business Administration at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. She became very interested in health issues as a result of spending 5 years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.Her graduate education has focused on health policy and management. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors of a local nonprofit health organization, Healthy Learners.