Quantum Leadership: A Resource for Health Care Innovation - Hardcover

Tim Porter-O'Grady; Kathy Malloch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763744603 ISBN 13: 9780763744601

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

This text provides leaders in the healthcare industry with the skills they need to ensure that their organizations are guided accurately and effectively through periods of transformation. It offers strategies for handling challenges that arise in healthcare organizations that better assist leaders in creating a healing environment for both the providers and consumers of health care. This Second Edition presents a new model for leadership using the latest understanding of quantum mechanics applied to human dynamic behavior and the real issues that leaders confront in their roles and relationships. This book focuses on the individual and how to develop individuals into outstanding leaders. Featured topics include: Applying complexity theory Conflict management Emotional competence Dealing with toxic people and organizations Transformational theories

About this title

Review:

Futuristic and Innovative. I have used it with students and plan to incorporate it into modules more completely next year --Lecturer, RCSI, Dublin

Synopsis:

Porter-O'Grady and Malloch, both affiliated with the College of Nursing and Health Care Innovation at Arizona State University, present a new model for innovative health care organization leadership, applying the latest understanding of quantum mechanics, complexity, and chaos theory to human behavior and the real issues that leaders confront. Some

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0763744603
• ISBN 13: 9780763744601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480