PUQ632 Leadership in Health Management
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| Unit code: | PUQ632 |
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| Equivalent(s): | PUN632, PUZ632 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PUN106 or equivalent is assumed knowledge. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,312 |
Unit Outline: Session 2 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ632 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN632, PUZ632 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PUN106 or equivalent is assumed knowledge. |
| Coordinator: | Paula Bowman | paula.bowman@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In the challenging environment of the contemporary health system, managers will be required to provide organisational leadership to ensure that services continue to evolve. They must evolve to meet the changing community needs and the changing service delivery challenges. Such leadership requires the acquisition of knowledge and the development of competencies in leadership, which may enable the future manager to address current and future challenges. This unit will provide you with the knowledge and competencies to cope with the complex and changing environment of healthcare delivery.
The aim of this unit is to apply knowledge of the key issues confronting health and critically inform strategic management.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the principles and concepts of leadership to organisational governance and the systems and structures required to exact governance
- Apply the principles and concepts of quality management and continuous quality improvement
- Apply the principles and practice of policy development, planning and evaluation
- Critically evaluate organisational performance, including financial management, and reporting
- Analyse existing issues in cultural safety and their significance to health leadership
Learning Approaches
You will be engaged in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by expert teaching staff who provide regular feedback. On average, you will need to dedicate 12-15 hours each week for your learning that includes readings, discussions with peers and assignments.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Assignment 1: Essay
Why are trust and transparency important for the effective management and leadership of healthcare organisations? What are the personal, organisational and systems barriers leaders face in achieving these two attributes?
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Assignment 2: Job application
In this assignment, you will imagine you have been shortlisted for a health leadership role. You will complete a plan for your job application, respond to key selection criteria and respond to an interview question for the role.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Nil
Costs
There are no additional costs associated with this unit.
Resources
The following resource material will be used throughout this unit:
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Barr, J., & Dowding, L. (2016). Leadership in Health Care (3ed ed.). London: Sage Publications.
Unit Outline: Session 4 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ632 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN632, PUZ632 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PUN106 or equivalent is assumed knowledge. |
| Coordinator: | Paula Bowman | paula.bowman@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In the challenging environment of the contemporary health system, managers will be required to provide organisational leadership to ensure that services continue to evolve. They must evolve to meet the changing community needs and the changing service delivery challenges. Such leadership requires the acquisition of knowledge and the development of competencies in leadership, which may enable the future manager to address current and future challenges. This unit will provide you with the knowledge and competencies to cope with the complex and changing environment of healthcare delivery.
The aim of this unit is to apply knowledge of the key issues confronting health and critically inform strategic management.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the principles and concepts of leadership to organisational governance and the systems and structures required to exact governance
- Apply the principles and concepts of quality management and continuous quality improvement
- Apply the principles and practice of policy development, planning and evaluation
- Critically evaluate organisational performance, including financial management, and reporting
- Analyse existing issues in cultural safety and their significance to health leadership
Learning Approaches
You will be engaged in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by expert teaching staff who provide regular feedback. On average, you will need to dedicate 12-15 hours each week for your learning that includes readings, discussions with peers and assignments.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Assignment 1: Essay
Why are trust and transparency important for the effective management and leadership of healthcare organisations? What are the personal, organisational and systems barriers leaders face in achieving these two attributes?
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Assignment 2: Job application
In this assignment, you will imagine you have been shortlisted for a health leadership role. You will complete a plan for your job application, respond to key selection criteria and respond to an interview question for the role.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Nil
Costs
There are no additional costs associated with this unit.
Resources
The following resource material will be used throughout this unit:
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Barr, J., & Dowding, L. (2016). Leadership in Health Care (3ed ed.). London: Sage Publications.