Gerontologist as an Administrator

JEFFREY A. GIORDANO was an Associate Professor and member of the Department of Gerontology at the University of South Florida. He was also an organizational improvement consultant and seminar leader. Giordano's research and teaching focused on administration, economics of aging, aging families, and mental health issue of older adults. His management consulting experiences included long-term care, hospitals, community health services, and independent living communities. He had authored 15 scholarly journal articles, numerous articles on administrative processes in trade journals, and a book chapter, The Aged within a Family Context, in The Handbook of Psychology and Therapy.THOMAS A. RICH was formerly Professor and Chair of Gerontology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. While at USF he also served as Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Applied Gerontology. After retiring from USF, he was Professor of Gerontology and Sociology and Director of the Gerontology Program at the University of West Georgia. His research and teaching interests include gerontology, community health, and cross-cultural studies. He is the author/editor of six other books, including Old and Homeless—Double Jeopardy: An Overview of Current Practices and Policies (1995).

• Preface Administering Services to Older Adults Leadership Theory and Practice Management Theory and Practice The Ethics of Administration Communication and Information Organizing Programs and Staff Human Resource Functions Motivation and Productivity Supervision and Staff Development Funding Programs and Financial Management Planning and Evaluation Community Relations and Volunteers Organizational Renewal and Change Appendix Bibliography

"At last! A textbook for management courses in aging that is not borrowed from other disciplires. The authors, as professors, have each trained hundreds of agency and company administrators in Florida. They blend gerontology and current management theory and practice, applying them to the nuts and bolts of organizational life. If you teach management courses in graduate gerontology program, you must see this text. It is wonderful." Charles F. Longino, Jr., Director, Reynolda Gerontology Program. Wake Forest University. "The authors have provided a unique and comprehensive text for the gerontologist administrators that supplies authoritative and practical guidance on a full range of management and leadership issues and tasks. This book should be in the professional reference library of every organization serving older adults. Each chapter of this well-organize text provides comprehensive, "stand-alone", coverage of seperate topics. The comprehensive coverage provides something for everyone, whether in public, not-for-profit or profit settings. This is the first work that provides comprehensive coverage directly relevant to the gerontologist administrator." Richard D. Tucker, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Director, Initiative on Aging and Longevity, University of Central Florida"