For undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering management issues in nursing and allied health..The book provides students with basic management theory and skills for them to become effective practitioners and leaders with an excellent grounding in contemporary health issues and challenges. Management in the Australian Health Care Industry 3e is a comprehensive up-to-date guide to themanagement issues that confront the health care industry. It has been written specifically for the Australian market and features a completely revised overview of Australian health care service. This edition places a greater emphasis on the requirements of the allied health professions to reflect the multidisciplinary team approach, whilst still maintaining its applicability to nurses.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Figures and Tables Introduction Part I: Health Care Systems 1 An overview of the Australian health care system Michael Clinton 2 Managing residential aged care Linda Granade, Barbara Horner and Duncan Boldy. 3 Rural health Janice Lewis 4 International health Mohammed Ali and Paola Ferroni Part II: Contexts of Health Service Management 5 Health services management - theory and practice Janice Lewis 6 Health economics Gavin Mooney 7 Organisational influences Tony Badrick and Arthur Preston 8 The allied health professions Rosalie Boyce 9 Legal issues John Kelly 10 Industrial relations Carol Fox 11 Occupational Safety and Health Phil Carrivick and Jeff Spickett Part III: Management Processes 12 Strategic planning Michael Clinton 13 Information technology and health informatics Jo Foster 14 Casemix: key issues for heatlh care managers Lorraine Ferguson 15 Evaluation of organisational performance Evelyn Hovenga 16 Personal performance management Evelyn Hovenga 17 Integrated marketing Nell Arnold 18 Tendering for services and writing submissions Peter Collard Index

About the Author

Professor Michael Clinton is Dean (Organisational Management) Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology. He is joined by an expert team of contributors from around the country who specialise in their individual topics.