Development for High Performance Revised Edition: Management Extra
Management Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package. The series fuses key ideas with applied activities to help managers examine and improve how they work in practice. Management Extra is an exciting, new approach to management development. The books provide the basis for self-paced learning at level 4/5. The flexible learning structure allows busy participants to study at their own convenience, minimising time away from the job.
«Keys to Management» is a course in Business English for upper-intermediate to advanced students wishing to extend their knowledge og management theory and practice. A particular feature of the course is the emphasis on developing oral communication in a wide range of business stuations. Each of the fourteen units deals with an important aspect of management such as the manager’s role, planning and stategy, goal-setting, motivation, performance appraisal, leadership and the management of time. Each unit consists of a preliminary discussion, a reading passage. A language study section, a case study, role-plays, a writing task and a listening passage.
Principles of Risk Management and Patient Safety identifies changes in the industry and describes how these changes have influenced the functions of risk management in all aspects of healthcare. The book is divided into four sections. The first section describes the current state of the healthcare industry and looks at the importance of risk management and the emergence of patient safety. It also explores the importance of working with other sectors of the health care industry such as the pharmaceutical and device manufacturers.
The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Third Edition
A comprehensive reference presenting the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master, "The AMA Handbook of Project Management" compiles essays and advice from the field's top professionals. Compatible with the most recent edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge[registered] and featuring new data on the Project Management Office...
The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It
An essential guide to the calibrated risk analysis approach The Failure of Risk Management takes a close look at misused and misapplied basic analysis methods and shows how some of the most popular "risk management" methods are no better than astrology! Using examples from the 2008 credit crisis, natural disasters, outsourcing to China, engineering disasters, and more, Hubbard reveals critical flaws in risk management methods–and shows how all of these problems can be fixed.
