Management principles for health professionals / Joan Gratto Liebler and Charles R. McConnell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing scene : organizational adaptation and survival -- The challenge of change -- Todays concept of organizational management -- Planning and decision making -- Organizing -- Improving performance and controlling the critical cycle -- Budgeting : controlling the ultimate resource -- The middle manager and documentation of critical management processes -- Committees and teams -- Adaptat1 ion, motivation, and conflict management -- Training and development: the backbone of motivation and retention -- Authority, leadership, and supervision -- Human resource management : a line managers perspective -- Communication: the glue that binds us together -- Day-to-day management for the health professional-as-manager.