Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing and Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application

Author: Bessie L Marquis

Now in its Sixth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. Case studies cover a variety of settings, including acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and community health. The book addresses timely issues such as leadership development, staffing, delegation, ethics and law, organizational, political, and personal power, management and technology, and more. Web links and learning exercises appear in each chapter. An Instructor's CD-ROM includes a testbank and PowerPoint slides.

Mary L. Fisher

This second edition highlights the interdependent nature of leadership and management across a full spectrum of management processes. Such a philosophical foundation assists the reader to develop a framework critical for success in a management career. While presenting a theoretically sound and comprehensive elementary management text, the authors provide value-added bonuses: teaching tips and learning exercises aimed at whole brain thinking. Faculty are encouraged to engage students' imaginations and enhance their problem-solving skills by connecting real-life experiences to the content of the text. This stimulus may assist faculty who are motivated to try new teaching techniques, but may not directly motivate students of management to explore these venues alone. BSN nursing students and new nurse managers are the main audience for the book. The content is comprehensive for beginning management students but would be too fundamental for more s ophisticated audiences, The authors are well established in the management field. The book is visually appealing, using color to separate sections and to highlight key material. Appropriate use of tables, displays, and key concept lists keep the reader centered on the main points of the content, The references are updated, although many older references appear that are not seminal works. The book is clean and organized in appearance. This second edition has added learning exercises and case studies with an emphasis on community-based situations. Content in key areas, such as transformational leadership, delegation, and time management are strengthened. A sound book, this offering is one of several quality texts in the field. Selection ofthis one would depend on the organization of its materials in relationship to a specific course's content and design. The addition of the updated content and quality learning exercises give this text the potential to stand out from the crowd for faculty who wish to experiment with different pedagogies. This book is also a good value for the price.

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Reviewer: Mary L. Fisher, PhD, RN, CNAA (Indiana University School of Nursing)
Description: This second edition highlights the interdependent nature of leadership and management across a full spectrum of management processes. Such a philosophical foundation assists the reader to develop a framework critical for success in a management career.
Purpose: While presenting a theoretically sound and comprehensive elementary management text, the authors provide value-added bonuses: teaching tips and learning exercises aimed at whole brain thinking. Faculty are encouraged to engage students' imaginations and enhance their problem-solving skills by connecting real-life experiences to the content of the text. This stimulus may assist faculty who are motivated to try new teaching techniques, but may not directly motivate students of management to explore these venues alone.
Audience: BSN nurs ing students and new nurse managers are the main audience for the book. The content is comprehensive for beginning management students but would be too fundamental for more sophisticated audiences, The authors are well established in the management field.
Features: The book is visually appealing, using color to separate sections and to highlight key material. Appropriate use of tables, displays, and key concept lists keep the reader centered on the main points of the content, The references are updated, although many older references appear that are not seminal works. The book is clean and organized in appearance. This second edition has added learning exercises and case studies with an emphasis on community-based situations. Content in key areas, such as transformational leadership, delegation, and time management are strengthened.
Assessment: A sound book, this offering is one of several quality texts in the field. Selection of this one would depend on the organization of its materials in relationship to a specific course's content and design. The addition of the updated content and quality learning exercises give this text the potential to stand out from the crowd for faculty who wish to experiment with different pedagogies. This book is also a good value for the price.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking : requisites for successful leadership and management	1
Ch. 2	Introduction to management and management decision making	24
Ch. 3	Developing leadership	46
Ch. 4	Ethical issues	67
Ch. 5	Legal and legislative issues	95
Ch. 6	Patient, subordinate, and professional advocacy	124
Ch. 7	The planning hierarchy and strategic planning	145
Ch. 8	Planned change	170
Ch. 9	Time management	191
Ch. 10	Fiscal planning	214
Ch. 11	Career development	245
Ch. 12	Organizational structure	269
Ch. 13	Understanding organizational, political, and personal power	303
Ch. 14	Organizing patient care	327
Ch. 15	Preliminary staffing functions : employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrination	349
Ch. 16	Meeting staff socialization and educational needs for team building	386
Ch. 17	Staffing needs and scheduling policies	416
Ch. 18	Creating a motivating climate	443
Ch. 19	Organizational, interpersonal, and group communication	467
Ch. 20	Delegation	499
Ch. 21	Managing conflict	523
Ch. 22	Understanding collective bargaining, unionization, and employment laws	553
Ch. 23	Quality control	581
Ch. 24	Performance appraisal	615
Ch. 25	Problem employees : rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or mentally impaired	642

Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

Author: Michael R Bay

Baye’s Managerial Economics and Business Strategy remains the best-selling managerial economics textbook. It was the first textbook to provide students with the tools from intermediate microeconomics, game theory, and industrial organization to make sound managerial decisions. Baye is known for his real-world examples, frontier research, inclusion of modern topics not found in other managerial books, as well as balanced coverage of traditional and modern microeconomic tools. The Sixth Edition retains all of these signature features, and it includes a number of new class-tested features. These include enhanced pedagogical features such as learning objectives, new and updated business applications, additional end-of-chapter problems, better prose, and updated data. Additionally, the Time Warner Case, introduced last edition, is strengthened in the Sixth Edition with detailed teaching notes and nine additional end-of-case problems.

Table of Contents:

1. The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics
2. Market Forces: Demand and Supply
3. Quantitative Demand Analysis
4. The Theory of Individual Behavior
5. The Production Process and Costs
6. The Organization of the Firm
7. The Nature of Industry
8. Managing in Competitive, Monopolistic, and Monopolistically Competitive Markets
9. Basic Oligopoly Models
10. Game Theory: Inside Oligopoly
11. Pricing Strategies for Firms with Market Power
12. The Economics of Information
13. A Manager's Guide to Government in the Marketplace