Module Descriptors
LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH SERVICES
PPDE70180
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Kevern
Email: P.Kevern@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 34
Independent Study Hours: 116
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Case study material indentified or developed by staff.
Access to IT resources and broadband capacity for Blackboard access.
Library e- resources
Recommended reading
Access to IT resources and broadband capacity for Blackboard access.
Library e- resources
Recommended reading
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: (34)
On-line activities around session activities: 22 hours
Individual e-mail based tutorials around assignment support: 2 hours
Tutor interventions in on-line group activities: 10 hours
Independent Study Hours: (116)
50 hours Researching the subject through accessing on-line materials, including reference to case studies involving an introductory session followed by a series of five 2-week seminars with a final session to summarise and conclude the module.
48 hours Preparation for Summative assessment
18 hours Group activities with peers
On-line activities around session activities: 22 hours
Individual e-mail based tutorials around assignment support: 2 hours
Tutor interventions in on-line group activities: 10 hours
Independent Study Hours: (116)
50 hours Researching the subject through accessing on-line materials, including reference to case studies involving an introductory session followed by a series of five 2-week seminars with a final session to summarise and conclude the module.
48 hours Preparation for Summative assessment
18 hours Group activities with peers
Module Texts
BOOKS
Grint, K. (2005) Leadership: limits and possibilities, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kotter J. P (1996)`Leading Change¿ Virginia USA: Harvard Business School Press
Senge, P. (2006 2nd ed), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organisation. London: Random House.
Teelken C, Ferlie E, Dent M (2012) (Eds) Leadership in the Public Sector, Promises and Pitfalls. London: Routledge
Grint, K. (2005) Leadership: limits and possibilities, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kotter J. P (1996)`Leading Change¿ Virginia USA: Harvard Business School Press
Senge, P. (2006 2nd ed), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organisation. London: Random House.
Teelken C, Ferlie E, Dent M (2012) (Eds) Leadership in the Public Sector, Promises and Pitfalls. London: Routledge
Module Indicative Content
The aim of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the diverse ways in which leadership is understood to contribute to healthcare organisations- development and management during transition, transformation and change often in turbulent and highly politicised environments. This module explores leadership beyond individual practice to identify how leadership is linked to decision-making in organisations, health systems and beyond.
The module content includes:
Defining and characterising the leadership concept.
Examining the leadership in the context healthcare organisation
Decision - making in health services and healthcare organisations
The impact of leadership capacity on organisational outcomes
Leadership and change
In addition to key texts and research and policy literature (research papers and reports), a series of case studies from the health care sector will be used to explore the dynamic between forms of leadership and organisational processes and outcomes.
The module content includes:
Defining and characterising the leadership concept.
Examining the leadership in the context healthcare organisation
Decision - making in health services and healthcare organisations
The impact of leadership capacity on organisational outcomes
Leadership and change
In addition to key texts and research and policy literature (research papers and reports), a series of case studies from the health care sector will be used to explore the dynamic between forms of leadership and organisational processes and outcomes.
Module Additional Assessment Details
An assignment length 3500 words weighted at 100%.
This meets all the learning outcomes.
Students will be required to undertake a comparative analysis of the health care leadership issues that have contributed to the situation described in two case studies provided.
A review of relevant literature related to leadership in health systems, services or organisations will be required to demonstrate the application of theoretical knowledge and critical analysis.
This assessment will include the student demonstrating a reflection on contextual and organisational factors in addition to leadership styles and decision-making
Case studies will be used throughout the module to enable group discussion via the discussion board with peers and tutors to support learning and enable feedback.
Individual tutorial feedback of an assignment draft will also be available.
This meets all the learning outcomes.
Students will be required to undertake a comparative analysis of the health care leadership issues that have contributed to the situation described in two case studies provided.
A review of relevant literature related to leadership in health systems, services or organisations will be required to demonstrate the application of theoretical knowledge and critical analysis.
This assessment will include the student demonstrating a reflection on contextual and organisational factors in addition to leadership styles and decision-making
Case studies will be used throughout the module to enable group discussion via the discussion board with peers and tutors to support learning and enable feedback.
Individual tutorial feedback of an assignment draft will also be available.