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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2018
- Book Title
- The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations
- ISBN
- 9781119349709
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1119349702
ISBN-13
9781119349709
eBay Product ID (ePID)
241088518
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Publication Name
Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Health Care Issues, Nursing / Management & Leadership, Strategic Planning
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Business & Economics, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Width
7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
8
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-051205
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.1068
Table Of Content
Preface xiii Features of the Text xiv Organization of the Text xvi To the Students: Why This Book About Strategic Management Is Important xviii The Author Team xviii Acknowledgments xix Chapters Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management 1 Chapter 2 External Analysis 37 Chapter 3 Service Area Competitor Analysis 79 Chapter 4 Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage 121 Chapter 5 Directional Strategies 163 Chapter 6 Identifying Strategic Alternatives 205 Chapter 7 Evaluation of Alternatives and Strategic Choice 259 Chapter 8 Value-Adding Service Delivery Strategies 313 Chapter 9 Value-Adding Support Strategies 359 Chapter 10 Communicating Strategy and Developing Action Plans 401 Resources for Strategic Thinkers Resource 1 Analyzing Strategic Health Care Cases 431 Resource 2 Health Care Organization Accounting, Finance, and Performance Analysis 443 Resource 3 Health Care Acronyms 463 Resource 4 Glossary of Strategic Management Terms 471 Cases in the Health Care Sector Case 1 Cottage Senior Living Case 2 Asian Health Services: Rediscovering a Blue Ocean Case 3 Community Blood Center of the Carolinas: Building for a Better Community Case 4 Navigating Change at Alaska's Southcentral Foundation Case 5 LINET Americas: This Bed Is Just Right! Case 6 West Kendall Baptist Hospital: Meeting the Demand of Community- Based Health Care in the New (and Stormy) Regulatory Environment Case 7 Humana's Bold Goal: 20 Percent Healthier by 2020 Case 8 Pricing the EpiPen: This Is Going to Sting Case 9 Cavalier Hospital Case 10 Pleasant Bluffs Hospital: Launching a Home-Based Hospital Program Case 11 Kaiser Permanente: Creating a No-Wait Emergency Department Case 12 ExAblate Neuro Case 13 Huntington Hospital Case 14 Valley Health Index 495
Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides essential guidance for leading health care organizations through strategic management. This structured approach to strategic management examines the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating and maintaining strategic momentum - all essential for coping with the rapidly evolving health care industry. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations fully explains how strategic managers must become strategic thinkers with the ability to evaluate a changing industry, analyze data, question assumptions, and develop new ideas. The book guides readers through the strategic planning process demonstrating how to incorporate strategic thinking and create and document a clear and coherent plan of action. In addition, the all-important processes of creating and maintaining the strategic momentum of the organization are fully described. Finally, the text demonstrates how strategic managers in carrying out the strategic plan, must evaluate its success, learn more about what works, and incorporate new strategic thinking into operations and subsequent planning. This strategic management approach has become the de facto standard for health care management as leadership and strategic management are more critical than ever in coping with an industry in flux. This book provides heath care management students as well as health care administrators with foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry. Included are a clear discussion of health services external analysis, organizational internal analysis, the development of directional strategies, strategy alternative identification and evaluation, and the development and management of implementation strategies providing an informative and insightful resource for anyone in the field. This new eighth edition has been fully updated to reflect new insights into strategic thinking, new methods to conceptualize and document critical environmental issues, practical steps for carrying out each of the strategic management processes, industry and management essentials for strategic thinkers, and new case studies for applying the strategic management processes. More specifically, readers of this edition will be able to: Create a process for developing a strategic plan for a health care organization. Map and analyze external issues, trends, and events in the general environment, the health care system, and the service area. Conduct a comprehensive service area competitor analysis. Perform an internal analysis and determine the competitive advantages and competitive disadvantages. Develop directional strategies. Identify strategic alternatives and make rational strategic decisions for a health care organization. Develop a comprehensive strategy for a health care organization. Create effective value-adding service delivery and support strategies. Translate service delivery and support plans into specific action plans. The health care industry's revolutionary change remains ongoing and organizational success depends on leadership. Strategic management has become the single clearest manifestation of effective leadership of health care organizations and the strategic management framework's strengths are needed now more than ever. The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides comprehensive guidance and up-to-date practices to help leaders keep their organizations on track., The Acclaimed Text for Leading and Managing Health Care Organizations, Revised and Updated, Thoroughly revised and updated, the eighth edition of Strategic Management of Health Care Organization offers a guide for successfully navigating the unprecedented changes of today's health care system. The authors show how leaders can use strategic management processes to effectively position their organizations in the health care industry. This vital resource explores the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documenting that thinking into a strategic plan, and reveals how to maintain strategic momentum. The authors show how, through the effective management of the strategic plan, new insights and perspectives emerge and strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum are continually renewed. The revised eighth edition has new case studies and updated examples. In addition, each chapter has a step-by-step process for accomplishing the key elements of strategic management. With this text, students of management as well as organizational leaders will be able to tap into the power of strategic thinking, develop relevant strategic plans, and actively manage the organization's momentum to achieve exceptional results., A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides essential guidance for leading health care organizations through strategic management. This structured approach to strategic management examines the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating and maintaining strategic momentum - all essential for coping with the rapidly evolving health care industry. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations fully explains how strategic managers must become strategic thinkers with the ability to evaluate a changing industry, analyze data, question assumptions, and develop new ideas. The book guides readers through the strategic planning process demonstrating how to incorporate strategic thinking and create and document a clear and coherent plan of action. In addition, the all-important processes of creating and maintaining the strategic momentum of the organization are fully described. Finally, the text demonstrates how strategic managers in carrying out the strategic plan, must evaluate its success, learn more about what works, and incorporate new strategic thinking into operations and subsequent planning. This strategic management approach has become the de facto standard for health care management as leadership and strategic management are more critical than ever in coping with an industry in flux. This book provides heath care management students as well as health care administrators with foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry. Included are a clear discussion of health services external analysis, organizational internal analysis, the development of directional strategies, strategy alternative identification and evaluation, and the development and management of implementation strategies providing an informative and insightful resource for anyone in the field. This new eighth edition has been fully updated to reflect new insights into strategic thinking, new methods to conceptualize and document critical environmental issues, practical steps for carrying out each of the strategic management processes, industry and management essentials for strategic thinkers , and new case studies for applying the strategic management processes. More specifically, readers of this edition will be able to: Create a process for developing a strategic plan for a health care organization. Map and analyze external issues, trends, and events in the general environment, the health care system, and the service area. Conduct a comprehensive service area competitor analysis. Perform an internal analysis and determine the competitive advantages and competitive disadvantages. Develop directional strategies. Identify strategic alternatives and make rational strategic decisions for a health care organization. Develop a comprehensive strategy for a health care organization. Create effective value-adding service delivery and support strategies. Translate service delivery and support plans into specific action plans. The health care industry's revolutionary change remains ongoing and organizational success depends on leadership. Strategic management has become the single clearest manifestation of effective leadership of health care organizations and the strategic management framework's strengths are needed now more than ever. The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides comprehensive guidance and up-to-date practices to help leaders keep their organizations on track., A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides essential guidance for leading health care organizations through strategic management.
LC Classification Number
RA971.D78 2018
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