Marquis, Bessie L., <br/><br/>
Leadership roles and management functions in nursing :  theory and application / 
Bessie L. Marquis, Carol J. Huston. 
 - 5th edition. 
 - [No Place of Publication]  Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  c2006. 
 - xix, 723 pages :  illustration, tables, figures ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking : requisites for successful leadership and management -- Classical views of leadership and management -- Twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management -- Ethical issues -- Legal and legislative issues -- Patient, subordinate, and professional advocacy -- Operational and strategic planning -- Planned change -- Time management -- Fiscal planning -- Career development : from new graduate to retirement -- Organizational structure -- Understanding organizational, political, and personal power -- Organizing patient care -- Employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrination -- Socializing and educating staff for team building -- Staffing needs and scheduling policies -- Creating a motivating climate -- Organizational, interpersonal, and group communication -- Delegation -- Managing conflict -- Understanding collective bargaining, unionization, and employment laws -- Quality control -- Performance appraisal -- Problem employees : rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or psychologically impaired. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0781767857 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing services--Administration.<br/>Leadership.<br/>Nurse administrators.<br/>Leadership.<br/>Nursing, Supervisory.<br/>Nurse Administrators.<br/>Nursing--organization & administration.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.173068  / M11