Product Description

Midwives moving into management will benefit from this practical handbook of management strategies. Diagrams, checklists and case histories address key issues including stress in the workplace, resource management, problem solving, decision making and effective communication skills.

It considers such thorny issues as priorities and cost professional responsibility, ethical and moral issues and the future of the maternity services. An accessible book containing lots of management tips and bullet points for easy reference, it brings together all the relevant management philosophies and structures into one book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #397904 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Customer Reviews

A good introduction to broad management principles
There is very little written on the subject of midwifery management. This book fills an important gap and is an excellent attempt to introduce general management principles to midwives. It brings together the ideas of some of the most influential management guru's of our times: Tom Peters, Charles Handy, and John Adair. Unfortunately for the author, it was written at a time of changing tides in management in general and NHS Human Resource Management in particular. This is evident in the scant coverage of Corporate Culture which, with hindsight, could have warranted greater analysis, especially with the trend towards staff welfare in the NHS.The result is an unfortunate dearth of information on staff welfare, team psychology and the development of staff support systems which makes for rather sterile reading. However, despite being necessarilly superficial (due to the breadth of subject matter covered) this book is still a very good introduction to the subject and makes an excellent starting point for any midwife considering a career in management.