Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management

Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management
Author: Federico Lega
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2023-08-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1800889453

Management practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management provides clarity with holistic definitions and descriptions of essential healthcare systems, leadership and administration. Both engaging with new principles of care and existing themes within managerial practices, it offers a broad look into management within the ever-evolving sector.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management

Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management
Author: Schedler, Kuno
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800375492

This comprehensive Encyclopedia is an essential reference text for students, scholars and practitioners in public management. Offering a broad and inter-cultural perspective on public management as a field of practice and science, it covers all the most relevant and contemporary terms and concepts, comprising 78 entries written by nearly 100 leading international scholars.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance

Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance
Author: Kevin P. Kearns
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 651
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 180088009X

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance is the ultimate reference guide for those interested in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. Each insightful entry includes a definition of the concept, practical applications in nonprofit organizations, and discussion of current issues and future directions.

Handbook of Healthcare Management

Handbook of Healthcare Management
Author: Myron D. Fottler
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2015-09-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178347016X

The Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology

Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology
Author: Cary Cooper
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2024-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1035313383

Occupational Health Psychology has emerged as a vital new field in its own right in recent years and its key areas of focus are occupational stress, work wellbeing, and work-life balance. This Encyclopedia is the godfather of this new discipline, defining the diversity of its concepts, theories and methods. It will be the essential resource for scholars, practitioners and students for years to come.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology

Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology
Author: P. Matthijs Bal
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 783
Release: 2024-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1803921765

In this comprehensive Encyclopedia, Matthijs Bal brings together over 190 international experts to present fresh perspectives on key concepts, theories and research in organizational psychology. Entries cover central topics in the field, such as performance and work family balance, as well as upcoming and underrepresented areas such as decolonization, authenticity and playful work. This title contains one or more Open Access entries.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics

Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics
Author: Ceron, Andrea
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800374267

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics is a landmark resource that offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which technological development is reshaping politics. Providing an unparalleled starting point for research, it addresses all the major contemporary aspects of the field, comprising entries written by over 90 scholars from 33 different countries on 5 continents.

Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare

Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
Author: Kearney, Claudine
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839104287

This ground-breaking book specifically focuses on the leadership of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare by providing a detailed step-by-step framework for effective leadership in the challenging and dynamic healthcare environment. Taking a fresh approach, it utilizes resources within healthcare organizations and the creative abilities of their people to provide a long-term solution to address key global issues, including the aging population, rising costs and long waiting lists, together with the challenges of staff recruitment and retention.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy

Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy
Author: Daniel J. Fiorino
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2024-04-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1802209204

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the causes and potential solutions to one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century: climate change. With deep intellectual rigour, this Encyclopedia adeptly surveys the nature and application of various international climate change policies.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Law and Data Science

Elgar Encyclopedia of Law and Data Science
Author: Comandé, Giovanni
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2022-02-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1839104597

This Encyclopedia brings together jurists, computer scientists, and data analysts to map the emerging field of data science and law for the first time, uncovering the challenges, opportunities, and fault lines that arise as these groups are increasingly thrown together by expanding attempts to regulate and adapt to a data-driven world. It explains the concepts and tools at the crossroads of the many disciplines involved in data science and law, bridging scientific and applied domains. Entries span algorithmic fairness, consent, data protection, ethics, healthcare, machine learning, patents, surveillance, transparency and vulnerability.