Main description:

Master the unique aspects of healthcare HRM that are most relevant to your success with Flynn/Valentine/Meglich's HEALTHCARE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 4E. This edition's focused, specialized approach is ideal -- whether you are preparing to work in healthcare or are currently a healthcare practitioner, consultant and managerial professional seeking to advance. This distinctive approach provides the most current, topical information on healthcare management in today's ever-changing industry. The latest organizational examples, scenarios and illustrations keep you ahead of the curve, while thorough discussions explore the rising demand for healthcare professionals against the backdrop of worker shortages and the continuing national debate on healthcare reform. Equip yourself with best practices as this edition examines how challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic response, drug and alcohol use by healthcare employees and medical errors, impact HR function.

Contents:

1. The Nature and Challenges of Healthcare HR Management.
2. Healthcare HR Competencies, Structures, and Quality Standards.
3. Strategic HR Management.
4. Legal Issues Affecting the Healthcare Workplace.
5. Job Design and Analysis.
6. Healthcare Recruitment and Selection.
7. Organizational Relations and Employee Retention in Healthcare.
8. Training and Development in Healthcare Organizations.
9. Performance Management in Healthcare Organizations.
10. Employee Relations in the Healthcare Industry.
11. Labor Relations and Healthcare Organizations.
12. Healthcare Compensation Practices.
13. The Management of Benefits and Variable Payin Healthcare.
14. Safety, Health, and Security in Healthcare Organizations.
Glossary.
Index.