Shortell and Kaluzny’s Healthcare Management: Organization Design and Behavior

Renowned Expertise: Written by a team of experts in health care management, this seventh edition enables readers to measure their ideas against those from internationally respected thought leaders.

Practice Problems: "In Practice" features empower readers to solve a realistic problem inside a health services organization by applying lessons from the readings.

Opinion Matters: "Debate Time" sections pose a controversial issue or divergent perspectives to offer experience working through sticking points and finding consensus with teams.

Unrivaled Theory: Thorough, clear and evidence-based research provides the essential foundation in health care principles every administrator needs to manage with confidence and competence.

Timely Research: Fully updated, this edition reviews the latest academic articles, research and other thought-leadership to give readers a leg up on what’s happening in health care today.

Policy Updates: Chapters integrate new health policy and regulations, as well as thoughtful opinions and analysis from experts, to keep readers in step with important changes in the politically charged health care scene.

Leadership Practice: Let readers try on their administrator hats and make their opinions known with new “In Practice” and “Debate Time” features on emerging issues in health care.

New Co-authors. Top academics and professional experts in health care management contribute their experiences to the seventh edition, ushering this long-time, reliable resource into the agile and tech-savvy era.

Governance Models: Get down to business with new discussions about how to manage purchasing and other decisions, including whether to “make versus buy” or to ally with strategic partners to accomplish goals.