Management Strategies in Athletic Training

by Ray, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780880118101
• ISBN10: 0880118105
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS PUBLISHERS

Summary

Updated guide to handling management challenges successfully

Author Biography

Richard Ray is professor and chair of kinesiology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Athletic Training Education Series	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Credits	xvii
Why Athletic Trainers Organize: The Theoretical Basis of Management	1	(21)
Foundations of Management	2	(4)
A Brief History of Management	6	(4)
Three Management Roles	10	(7)
Improving Managerial Effectiveness	17	(2)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	19	(1)
Summary	20	(2)
What Athletic Trainers Do: Program Management	22	(34)
Vision Statements	24	(1)
Mission Statements	25	(1)
Plannings	26	(15)
Meetings	41	(3)
Program Evaluation	44	(9)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	53	(1)
Summary	54	(2)
Who Athletic Trainers Work With: Human Resource Management	56	(48)
Organizational Culture	59	(1)
Organizational Structures	59	(4)
Informal Organizations	63	(1)
Staff Selection	64	(15)
Staff Supervision	79	(5)
Performance Evaluation	84	(14)
The Fair Labor Standards Act and Athletic Training	98	(2)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	100	(2)
Summary	102	(2)
What Athletic Trainers Use: Financial Resource Management	104	(26)
Budgeting	107	(7)
Purchasing	114	(10)
Inventory Management	124	(3)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	127	(1)
Summary	128	(2)
Where Athletic Trainers Work: Facility Design and Planning	130	(28)
Conceptual Development	132	(10)
Elements of Sports Medicine Facility Design	142	(13)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	155	(1)
Summary	156	(2)
Athletic Trainers Remembering: Information Management	158	(34)
Why Document?	161	(1)
Two Kinds of Information	162	(17)
Filing Sports Medicine Records	179	(1)
The Computer as an Information Management Tool	179	(10)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	189	(1)
Summary	190	(2)
Athletic Trainers Paying the Bills: Athletic Injury Insurance	192	(26)
Insurance Systems	195	(5)
Third-Party Reimbursement	200	(3)
Claims Processing	203	(8)
Purchasing Insurance Services	211	(3)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	214	(2)
Summary	216	(2)
Protecting Athletic Trainers: Legal Considerations in Sports Medicine	218	(20)
Credentialing	221	(2)
Risk Management	223	(2)
Legal Principles	225	(4)
Legal Defenses	229	(2)
Product Liability	231	(1)
Providing Testimony at a Deposition or Trial	232	(1)
Strategies for Avoiding Legal Liability	233	(2)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	235	(1)
Summary	236	(2)
Athletic Trainers Doing the Right Thing: Ethics in Sports Medicine	238	(16)
Defining Ethics	241	(1)
Relationship Between Legal and Ethical Considerations	242	(6)
Three Approaches to Ethical Decision Making	248	(1)
Practicing Ethically as an Athletic Trainer: Specific Recommendations	249	(2)
Applications to Athletic Training: Theory Into Practice	251	(1)
Summary	252	(2)
Preparticipation Physical Exams and Drug-Testing Programs	254	(31)
Organizing Preparticipation Physical Examinations	256	(13)
Organizing Drug-Testing Programs	269	(13)
Applications to Athletic Traning: Theory Into Practice	282	(1)
Summary	283	(2)
Appendix A Wots Up Analysis for a Sports Medicine Program	285	(10)
Appendix B State Boards Regulating Athletic Training	295	(4)
Appendix C Organizational Sturcture of the National Athletic Trainers' Association	299	(2)
Appendix D Nata Code of Ethics	301	(2)
Glossary	303	(6)
Bibliography	309	(8)
Index	317	(8)
About the Author	325