Strategy, Management and Leadership in Health Business (5 ECTS)
Code: S000DR75-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 03.05.2021 - 30.09.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 14.09.2021 - 12.10.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Virtual portion
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- Online
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 45
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Health Business Management
- Master's Degree Programme in Health Business Management
- Master's Degree Programme in Health Business Management
- Teachers
- Marianne Pitkäjärvi
- Tricia Cleland Silva
- Course
- S000DR75
Learning outcomes
The student
• demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the three interrelated cornerstones of the job of a manager within health business
• is able to conceptualise the strategy of the parent organisation
• is able to establish a robust management structure for their own field of responsibility
• is ready to take the first steps as an interactive people leader in a diverse organisational context.
Content
• Overall framework of being a manager
• Strategy process
• Building blocks of a management structure
• Fundamentals of people leadership in a diverse organisational context
Teaching methods
Description
Globally, healthcare services and innovation are provided in partnership between sectors: private, public, and charitable. In this course, we will develop managerial mindsets and acquire collaborative tools and skills to lead and work across sectors in our globally integrated world.
We will engage with current, complex issues and debates in the field of health care management that are contemplated by various stakeholders (e.g. health care practitioners, businesses, politicians, managers, patients, communities). Some issues covered include ageing population, e-health, deficits and budgets, diversity and globalisation, gender equality, governance, performance management, and team-based learning and organising.
The course’s webinars are divided into 5 core leadership and strategy skills in health business management:
Self-leadership
Managing organizations
Collaboration and teamwork
Public private relationship
Managing change
Location and time
Zoom & moodle learning platform
14.9, 2h, 14-16 (lecture & workshop)
21.9, 2h, 14-16 (lecture & workshop)
28.9, 2h, 14.30-16.30 (lecture & workshop)
5.10, 2h, 14-16 (lecture & workshop)
12.10, 2h, 14-16 (online exam)
15.10 short essay due
27.10 peer review
Learning materials and recommended literature
Instructions:
Lectures, readings, group work,
Materials:
Independent readings, online lectures with examiner, group work
Alternative completion methods of implementation
Ferlie, E., Montgomery, K. and Pedersen, A.R. eds., 2016. The Oxford Handbook of health care management. Oxford University Press.
Mintzberg, H., 2017. Managing the myths of health care: Bridging the separations between care, cure, control, and community. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Mintzberg, H. 2013. Simply managing: what mangers do and can do better. Pearson.
Exam dates and retake possibilities
Online exam (50%): 12.10, 2h, 14-16
Assessment methods and criteria
Online exam (50%)
Individual literature essay based on course materials and independent research (30%)
Peer review (10%)
Group participation (20%)
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student can apply and articulate concepts and information well both verbally and in writing, certain areas of individual or team output require further attention; shows appropriate level of interest and motivation in individual and team activities. Good presentation delivery and analysis.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student demonstrates interest and motivation in individual and team activities and assignments, fully applies and clearly articulates concepts and information both verbally and in writing. The student is able to support their arguments with references to the recommended reading and lecture content. Excellent presentation delivery and analysis.