Includes bibliographical references and index.

Decision making, problem solving, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning: requisites for successful leadership and management Classical views of leadership and management Twenty-first-century thinking about leadership and management Ethical issues Legal and legislative issues Patient, subordinate, workplace, and professional advocacy Organizational planning Planned change Time management Fiscal planning Career planning and development in nursing Organizational structure Organizational, political, and personal power Organizing patient care Employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrination Socializing and educating staff in a learning organization Staffing needs and scheduling policies Creating a motivating climate Organizational, interpersonal, and group communication Delegation Effective conflict resolution and negotiation Collective bargaining, unionization, and employment laws Quality control Performance appraisal Problem employees : rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or psychologically impaired.