Book excerpt: Human Resources in Healthcare: Managing for Success, Third Edition, presents the techniques and practices behind effectively managing people -- the healthcare industry's most important asset. It provides the concepts and practical tools necessary for meeting the unique challenge of managing healthcare employees. Key Features: * This edition includes: - An expanded chapter on health and safety in the workplace, highlighting disaster preparedness and management - A new chapter on globalization and the mobile workforce - A new chapter focusing on employee benefits and benefit design - An expanded chapter on training and career development - A new section containing complex cases * Chapters include cases, discussion questions, and exercises * Covers fundamental topics as well as timely issues