Managing Projects in Health and Social Care

Designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role, this book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that projects will make a useful contribution to improvement of health and care services.

List of contents

1. What is a Project? 2. Scoping the Project .: Making Evidence-Based Decisions 4. Defining the Project 5. Managing Risk 6. Outlining Planning 7. Estimating Time and Costs 8. Scheduling 9. Implementing the Project 1. Monitoring and Control 11. Communications 12. Leadership and Teamworking 13. Managing Performance 14. Completing the Project 15. Evaluation 16. Reporting the Project 17. Learning from the Project

About the author

Martin, Vivien

Summary

Designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role, this book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that projects will make a useful contribution to improvement of health and care services.

Product details

• Authors: Vivien Martin, Martin Vivien
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780415276191
• ISBN: 978-0-415-27619-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Weight: 540 g
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Social groups, Health & personal development, Social Work, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Nursing fundamentals and skills, Social groups, communities and identities, Nursing fundamentals & skills