Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management (Book with access Code)

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the health care industry provides over 13 million jobs with a projected 27 percent increase over the next decade -- the largest increase of any industry. A clear understanding of the fundamentals of human resource management within this field is therefore of critical importance to our future health care administrators and leaders. This reader-friendly text covers the most basic concepts of human resource management in the health care services field. In addition to providing basic concepts of human resource management, it uniquely provides the student with opportunities to apply the concepts through end-of-chapter workbook exercises. Key Features:Offers end-of-chapter workbook exercises to help students apply the concepts learned.Addresses the impact of Patient Affordability and Care Act of 2010 on human resource management in health care.Uses basic, reader-friendly language to appeal to wide range of learning styles.

A HeadAbout the Author
AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments
Preface
PartI Introduction
Chapter1 What is Human Resource Management?
Chapter2 Legal and Ethical Issues in the Health Care Workplace
PartII Staffing the Organization
Chapter3 Designing Jobs for the Health Care Organization
Chapter4 Recruitment of the Health Care Workforce
PartIII Developing and Staffing the Organization
Chapter5 Motivating Health Care Employees
Chapter6 Careers in Health Care
Chapter7 Health Care Employee Benefits
PartIV Employee Relations
Chapter8 Labor Unions and Health Care
Chapter9 Terminating Health Care Employees
PartV Long Term Planning in HR
Chapter10 Emerging and Future Trends in Healthcare
Chapter11 Strategic Human Resource Management