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1. |  Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others By: Maria Gonzalez Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 02-APR-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others
Become a true leader through Mindfulness
If you thought leading a team or organization meant simply creating and implementing a financial plan, delegating responsibility, and watching the bottom line, well, you're only partly right. True leadership comes from within, a place of deep calm and focus, that allows you to respond to any situation as it arises. In Mindful Leadership, you'll learn how to draw on those inner reserves through Mindfulness Meditation, a tool you can use to achieve focus and clarity, reduce stress, and develop the presence of mind to meet any number of...
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2. |  Health Care in the United States: Organization, Management, and Policy Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 12-APR-2010 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Health Care in the United States: Organization, Management, and Policy
Health Care in the United States combines an explanation of population health with a comprehensive introduction to health services delivery. The author, an expert on health care policy and management, shows how the U.S. health services system is organized, managed, financed, and evaluated. Filled with numerous examples and tables, this important resource illustrates key concepts, trends, and features of the system. It places special emphasis on recent health care reform legislation and its implications for the future.
Health Care in the United States reviews the historical origins of...
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3. |  Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Edition By: Yasar A. Ozcan, PhD Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 18-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Edition
Thoroughly revised and updated for Excel®, this second edition of Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods and techniques for the student or new administrator. Its broad range of practical methods and analysis spans operational, tactical, and strategic decisions. Users will find techniques for forecasting, decision-making, facility location, facility layout, reengineering, staffing, scheduling, productivity, resource allocation, supply chain and inventory management, quality control, project management, queuing models for...
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4. |  Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future, 3rd Edition By: Terry Pearce; Randy Komisar Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 11-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future, 3rd Edition
The newest edition of the bestselling guide to authentic leadership communication
Much has changed in the world since the original publication of Leading Out Loud, Terry Pearce's book on authentic leadership communication. Now, more than ever, the development of a leader's message is as crucial to success as the delivery of that message. In the third edition of his classic book, Terry Pearce shows leaders in all sectors how to communicate their values and vision to inspire commitment.
In this important resource, Pearce continues to broaden the application of core principles, putting...
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5. |  Creative Execution: What Great Leaders Do to Unleash Bold Thinking and Innovation By: Eric Beaudan Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 14-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creative Execution: What Great Leaders Do to Unleash Bold Thinking and Innovation
The ultimate game-changer for reinventing strategy and igniting people
Whether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or Google, the indisputable alchemy of strategy, execution, and leadership led to each's phenomenal success. With years of experience assessing and developing executive talent, author Eric Beaudan examines the essence of such a dynamic mix, summed up as "Creative Execution," showing how organizations and individuals can attain, or reach for, unheralded levels of success.
Profiling extraordinary leaders and the uncommon...
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6. |  Social Business By Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company By: Dion Hinchcliffe; Peter Kim; Jeff Dachis Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Social Business By Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company
From the Dachis Group—the global leader in social business—comes the groundbreaking book on transformative social business strategies.
Social Business By Design is the definitive management book on how to rethink the modern organization in the social media era. Based on their research and work through the Dachis Group, thought leaders Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim deftly explore how the social, cultural, and technological trends provoked by the social media explosion are transforming the business environment. Designed as both a strategic overview and a hands-on resource, Social Business...
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7. |  Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 17-APR-2012 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business
A guide to getting luck on your side
As the pace of change accelerates and the volume of information explodes, we're under great pressure to connect just in time with the people and ideas we need to thrive. But we can no longer plan our way to success—there will always be factors beyond our control. This uncertainty, however, cultivates one of today's key drivers of success: serendipity. More than blind luck, serendipity can produce quantifiable results: breakthrough ideas, relationships that matter, effortless cooperation, synchronized market timing, and more. Get Lucky shows businesses...
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8. |  By: Andrew W. Savitz Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 26-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
HR Professional's guide to creating a strategically sustainable organization
Employees are central to creating sustainable organizations, yet they are left on the sidelines in most sustainability initiatives along with the HR professionals who should be helping to engage and energize them. This book shows business leaders and HR professionals how to: motivate employees to create economic, environmental and social value; facilitate necessary culture, strategic and organizational change; embed sustainability into the employee lifecycle; and strengthen existing capabilities and develop new...
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9. |  Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management, 2nd Edition By: Karen A. Wager; Frances W. Lee; John P. Glaser Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 02-JUN-2009 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management, 2nd Edition
The Best Selling Text in the Field
Updated for the New Era of Health Care IT
"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book available for the field today."
—Mark L. Diana, PhD, assistant professor and MHA program director, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
"With health care information technology now in the national policy spotlight, this book should be required reading for every health care administrator and student."
—Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chairman, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
"The book provides an...
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10. |  Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy By: Amy C. Edmondson; Edgar H. Schein Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 03-APR-2012 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change
Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. Amy Edmondson shows that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities. The pace of change and the fluidity of most work structures means that it's not...
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11. |  Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations: A Strategic Approach By: Joan E. Pynes; Donald N. Lombardi Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 24-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations: A Strategic Approach
This book is a comprehensive guide to the essential areas of health care human resources management, and is an immediately useful practical handbook for practitioners as well as a textbook for use health care management programs. Written by the authors of Handbook for the New Health Care Manager and Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, the book covers the context of human resources management in the unique health care business arena from a strategic perspective includes SHRM and human resources planning, organizational culture and assessment, and the legal...
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12. |  From Management to Leadership: Strategies for Transforming Health, 3rd Edition By: Jo Manion Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 03-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: From Management to Leadership: Strategies for Transforming Health, 3rd Edition
From Management to Leadership identifies the fundamental interpersonal skills that every health care leader (and aspiring leader) needs to develop in order to be a successful executive or manager. The third edition of the classic text offers suggestions for developing and improving essential health care leadership skills. Written to be a practical guide, the book presents concepts and skills that can be immediately applied to everyday situations. Completely revised and updated, this edition includes new concepts and resources based on the latest research and practices.
Praise for the...
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13. |  From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 18-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 13-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom
A fresh and timely approach to nurturing wise, resilient, and flexible leadership in a world of growing complexity
Leaders tend to obstinately stick to the leadership style that brought them most success in the past, usually one of two extreme styles: functional leadership that focuses on operational excellence or smart leadership that focuses on growth. When a leader's focus is too functional, the organization becomes introverted and can focus too much on bottom-line profitability while missing out on top-line growth opportunities. But when leaders focus too much on smart leadership,...
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14. |  By: Erika Andersen Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 16-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leading So People Will Follow
A unique take on leadership from a popular Forbes blogger and nationally-known leadership coach
Leading So People Will Follow explores the six leadership characteristics that inspire followers to fully support their leaders. Using Erika Andersen's proven framework, new leaders and veterans alike have increased their capacity for leading in a way that creates loyalty, commitment and results. Step by step, Andersen lays out six key attributes (far-sightedness, passion, courage, wisdom, generosity, and trustworthiness) and gives leaders the tools for developing them. This innovative book...
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15. |  The Insider's Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs By: Joel J. Orosz Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 01-APR-2000 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Insider's Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs
Unlike many formal professions, foundation grantmaking is a calling with no training programs and little definitive literature on the latest and best practices. Written for program officers and of considerable value to grantseekers, this volume is the first and only practical guide to making foundation grants and developing essential skills for effective and ethical grantmaking. Author Joel J. Orosz provides:
The history, structure, and function of foundations in society.
The complex role that program officers play in their day-to-day activities.
Real-world advice on a myriad...
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16. |  Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 19-SEP-2003 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current edition of his landmark book includes a wealth of new topics, including:
Managing virtual teams
The evolving concept of the project manager's role
Comanaged project teams
The project office
Project portfolios
Web-based project management
International project management
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17. |  Performance Scorecards: Measuring the Right Things in the Real World By: Richard Y. Chang; Mark Morgan Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 14-APR-2000 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Performance Scorecards: Measuring the Right Things in the Real World
Base your business decisions on up-to-the-minute "snapshots" of your company's performance. Because they can be customized to track indicators specific to your organization's success, Performance Scorecards are a busy manager's best resource for quickly aligning strategy and promoting behaviors that lead to desired results. Use them to gauge sales, employee satisfaction, quality-whatever factors most influence your company's progress. You'll be able to make better, more informed decisions, guide and manage shifts in business direction, and keep every employee focused on important business...
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18. |  Becoming a Better Value Creator: How to Improve the Company's Bottom Line--and Your Own By: Anjan Y. Thakor Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 24-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Becoming a Better Value Creator: How to Improve the Company's Bottom Line--and Your Own
Why do some companies perform beyond expectation year after year while others start out strong but quickly fizzle? The answer lies in their ability to create long-term value. In this book, a leading professor at the top-ranked University of Michigan Business School presents five keys to creating value by incorporating the efforts of marketing, manufacturing, human resources, and finance in a strategy for continuing bottom-line success. His fresh look at what makes companies work shows managers how they can identify the factors that create value and use them to benefit their organizations...
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19. |  The Art of Doing Good: Where Passion Meets Action By: Charles Bronfman; Jeffrey Solomon; John Sedgwick Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 11-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Art of Doing Good: Where Passion Meets Action
How to turn personal passion into an organization with impact
For anyone setting out to change the world, launching a nonprofit venture can be a powerful way to enact change. Whether bringing donated eyeglasses to children who have never seen clearly, revamping inner city schools, or bringing solar cookers to refugee camps, the act of doing good can be life-changing. Yet starting a nonprofit and running it well can also pose challenges. The Art of Doing Good is an essential companion for anyone looking to start an organization that makes a real difference.
Drawing from their own...
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20. |  Global Strategies for Emerging Asia By: Anil K. Gupta; Toshiro Wakayama; U. Srinivasa Rangan Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 03-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Global Strategies for Emerging Asia
The multinational corporate guide for thriving in the Asian marketplace
Led by China and India, the rise of emerging Asia is transforming the structure of the global economy. By 2025, if not sooner, China will almost certainly overtake the U.S. to become the world's largest economy. By then, India is likely to have overtaken Japan to become the world's third largest economy, after China and the U.S. Besides China and India, Asia also includes other fast-growing economies such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Added together, by 2025, these developments are...
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