Leadership for healthcare
By: Jean Hartley and John Benington
Contributors: Benington, John
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781847424877; 9781847424860
Subjects: Health services administration; Leadership; Health Services Administration
Description: "It is vital for healthcare leaders to have a clear sense of which leadership ideas and practices are rooted in sound theory and convincing evidence, and which are more speculative. This book provides a coherent set of six lenses through which to scrutinise the leadership literature relevant to healthcare - leadership concepts, characteristics, contexts, challenges, capabilities and consequences. It offers a view of leadership beyond the traditional focus on the individual, and argues instead that leadership has to be understood and developed as a complex set of practices by many people within specific organisational and inter-organisational contexts and cultures."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing leadership; title: Leadership concepts; title: Characteristics of leadership; title: The contexts of leadership; title: The challenges of leadership; title: The capabilities of leadership; title: Consequences of leadership; title: Leadership development; title: Conclusions.