PUQ210 Contemporary Health Management
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| Unit code: | PUQ210 |
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| Equivalent(s): | PUN210 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ210 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN210 |
| Coordinator: | Reece Hinchcliff | reece.hinchcliff@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a core unit in the Graduate Diploma and Master of Health Management programs. The unit explores the principles and practice of management in health to inform your role as a health manager. The unit focuses on core health management activities: organisational management; strategic management; resource management including financial and human resource management; information management; project management and change management. The focus of this unit is on the development of the analytical, evaluative and political skills required by health managers who must work in complex systems and organisations characterised by constant change.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the organisational aspects of health services and the impact these have on performance
- Apply the principles of financial management and human resource management in the contemporary health context
- Demonstrate an understanding of resource allocation methods and their application
- Demonstrate an understanding of information management as it applies to health management
- Critically analyse diverse social, cultural and organisational practices and required skills applicable in change management
Content
Health system managers require appropriate knowledge, competencies and attitudes to confront the challenges facing the health of modern communities. Acquisition of management competencies can best occur by application of an extensive knowledge of the theoretical principles that underlie organisational behaviour and the systems, structure and processes that characterise modern health services. This unit forms the knowledge and competency basis for health managers and lays the groundwork for more advanced education in the leadership role of health executives.
Learning Approaches
You will be engaged in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by 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: Short answer questions
In this assignment you will answer eight questions (250-300 words per question). Your assignment requires you to drawn from the learning materials and resources available in Modules 1-4, and apply these to the questions. You should support your responses with appropriate citations and include a reference list with each response.
Assessment: Assignment 2: Case Study
In this assignment, you will evaluate relevant literature to inform the critical analysis of strategic management practices, organisational behaviour and factors in the implementation of change management of a given health case study.
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
Throughout this unit, the eText we use each week is noted below. The electronic version of this text has been made available at no expense to you, and links to this eText will be provided in each week's learning materials.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Harris, M.G. (Eds.). (2006). Managing health services: Concepts and Practice (2nd ed.). Marrickville: Mosby.
Unit Outline: Session 3 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ210 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN210 |
| Coordinator: | Reece Hinchcliff | reece.hinchcliff@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a core unit in the Graduate Diploma and Master of Health Management programs. The unit explores the principles and practice of management in health to inform your role as a health manager. The unit focuses on core health management activities: organisational management; strategic management; resource management including financial and human resource management; information management; project management and change management. The focus of this unit is on the development of the analytical, evaluative and political skills required by health managers who must work in complex systems and organisations characterised by constant change.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the organisational aspects of health services and the impact these have on performance
- Apply the principles of financial management and human resource management in the contemporary health context
- Demonstrate an understanding of resource allocation methods and their application
- Demonstrate an understanding of information management as it applies to health management
- Critically analyse diverse social, cultural and organisational practices and required skills applicable in change management
Content
Health system managers require appropriate knowledge, competencies and attitudes to confront the challenges facing the health of modern communities. Acquisition of management competencies can best occur by application of an extensive knowledge of the theoretical principles that underlie organisational behaviour and the systems, structure and processes that characterise modern health services. This unit forms the knowledge and competency basis for health managers and lays the groundwork for more advanced education in the leadership role of health executives.
Learning Approaches
You will be engaged in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by 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: Short answer questions
In this assignment you will answer eight questions (250-300 words per question). Your assignment requires you to drawn from the learning materials and resources available in Modules 1-4, and apply these to the questions. You should support your responses with appropriate citations and include a reference list with each response.
Assessment: Assignment 2: Case Study
In this assignment, you will evaluate relevant literature to inform the critical analysis of strategic management practices, organisational behaviour and factors in the implementation of change management of a given health case study.
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
Throughout this unit, the eText we use each week is noted below. The electronic version of this text has been made available at no expense to you, and links to this eText will be provided in each week's learning materials.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Harris, M.G. (Eds.). (2006). Managing health services: Concepts and Practice (2nd ed.). Marrickville: Mosby.