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Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. They customary activities of the manager-planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting-are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of healthcare settings. Readers will learn proven management concepts and techniques for managing individuals or teams with ease.The Fifth Edition addresses the most current topics in health care such as: the manager's role as a change agent; HIPAA compliance; the changing patterns of staffing; assessing the impact and managing the changes associated with eHealth; the virtual organization; the 500-day plan; AHIMA's open membership initiative; Appreciative Inquiry and Six Sigma studies.