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Few industries are buffeted from as many strong forces as healthcare. The industry is highly regulated, thus dramatically increasing costs and sometimes even interfering with the ability to deliver healthcare. New drugs, treatments, and medical technologies are so common that keeping track of them can be overwhelming, and incorporating them into patient care or administration can be costly and complicated. On the social side, different groups have different opinions on any given topic and often the right thing to do depends on your point of view. Third party payers add another level of complexity, and competition adds yet another layer of difficulty as organizations seek to grow patient volume by positioning themselves as distinguished in terms of cost, quality, accessibility, and quality of patient experience.

"Companies need to understand, manage and control the risks of doing business, whilst exploiting and gaining competitive advantage from the many opportunities in a globalised world. Drawing on sudden and destabilizing events such as the Arab Spring, the growth and influence of social media, developments in digital technologies, the credit crunch, US debt and the Eurozone crises this expert guide presents a new model for managing organizations in a new economic landscape. The Risk-Based Performance Management model is a pioneering and powerful framework for enabling senior management to compete and survive in turbulent times. Embedding risk management into strategic and operational decision-making, and positioning appetite for risk as a central management and control tool, this book offers a practical results-focused methodology that enables executive teams to manage their organizations with 'one eye on performance, ' and 'one eye on risk', in order to drive sustainable success"--

As project management and performance management as management applications gain momentum in public sector settings, the question often arise as to if, how, and when these applications should complement each other in various policy implementation and service delivery initiatives. Answers to this question should be sought from various vantage points or perspectives. These vantage points may range from macro, meso, micro as well as theoretical-methodological perspectives.The purpose of this paper is to unlock the potential for transdisciplinary contributions between Project Management and Performance Management by focusing on the methodologies, functional areas, and practical applications of both management disciplines. It is argued that the respective methodologies and their processes should be unpacked to identify the timing or moment when each discipline could, and should, make a contribution to the success of the other. This will add value to the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of both study domains in the public sector. The respective contributions are illustrated by means of application realities of both management practices in the South African Public Service.Keywords: project management, performance management, Public Sector applications, transdisciplinarityDisciplines: project management, performance management

Social workers typically have not looked to business management theory for perspectives on managing their agencies. However, recent humanistic trends in management theory may make it a valuable resource as human service agencies seek to adopt new management methods.