Health Unit Coordinator or Planning Local Economic Development

Health Unit Coordinator: 21st Century Professional

Author: Donna J Kuhns

The book thoroughly explains the health unit coordinating profession and its responsibilities from the stages of a learner to a job seeker to a new employee to a seasoned health care team member. The book can be used to learn the basics, to prepare for the national certification exam, as an on-the-job reference, and as a training resource for the health unit coordinator preceptor. The book addresses the health care environment and team members and the health unit coordinator's role in that environment in effectively transcribing the physician's orders and coordinating the non-clinical tasks.

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Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice

Author: Edward James Blakely

Since the appearance of the First Edition in 1990, Planning Local Economic Development has become the foundation for an entire generation of planners and academics teaching planning. Building on the success of its predecessors, the Third Edition continues to explore the theories of local economic development and address the dilemmas communities face. Blakely and Bradshaw investigate planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, as well as high-technology economic development strategies. Written by academics with many years of regional and city planning experience, this book will prove invaluable to professors of economic development, urban studies, and public administration. Economic development specialists in local and municipal government, as well as nonprofit organizations, will also find this an essential reference.

New to this Edition:

• Case studies, illustrations, and exercises demonstrate how each theory can be employed in a real-world setting
• Sample resource materials facilitate the development and design of program plans
• New arguments for implementing local economic development initiatives
• Thoroughly updated to reflect the financial boom of the 1990s and subsequent collapse, the policies of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, and the aftermath of September 11

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Written for students studying to become professional practitioners of local economic development at the regional, agency, city, or county government or neighborhood levels, this text explores theories of local economic development and addresses the dilemmas communities face. Coverage includes planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, and high-technology economic development strategies. This third edition is updated to reflect the financial boom and collapse of the 1990s, the policies of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, and the aftermath of September 11. Blakely is affiliated with New School University. Bradshaw is affiliated with the University of California-Davis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Overview
1	A New Argument for Taking Local Economic Development Initiatives	1
2	Toward a National and State Policy Agenda	29
3	Concepts and Theories of Local Economic Development	53
4	The Local Economic Development Planning Process	75
5	Analytical Techniques for Planning Local Development	103
6	Selecting a Local Economic Development Strategy	155
7	Locality Development	179
8	Business Development	217
9	Human Resource Development	251
10	Community-Based Economic and Employment Development	281
11	Preparing a Detailed Project Plan	311
12	Institutional Approaches for Local Economic Development	341
13	The High-Technology Economic Development Strategy	355
14	The Local Economic Development Profession and Professionals	375
	Author Index	387
	Subject Index	389
	About the Authors	398