Management principles for health professionals / Joan Gratto Liebler, MA, MPA, RHIA, Professor Emerita, Health Information Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charles R. McConnell, MBA, CM, Consultant, Human Resources and Health Care Management, Ontario, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing scene : organizational adaptation and survival -- The challenge of change -- Today's 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 -- Adaptation, motivation, and conflict management -- Training and development : the backbone of motivation and retention -- Authority, leadership, and supervision -- Human resources management : a line manager's perspective -- Communication : the glue that binds us together -- Day-to-day management for the health professional-as-manager.