HS3060 - Applied Health Leadership and Management in Developing Countries

Credit points:	03
Year:	2015
Student Contribution Band:	Band
Administered by:	College of Healthcare Sciences

This subject develops specific theoretical and practical leadership and management skills required by healthcare industry staff in developing countries. The knowledge gained will include information about: workforce management; resource management; migration of staff out (brain drain) to developed countries; the role of partnerships with developed countries; relationships with external consultants; applying for funding from international aid agencies; and finally, how to undertake planning, writing and implementation of a project.

Learning Outcomes

• Synthesise the underlying principles and concepts of leadership and management practices in relation to establishing results-focused organisation culture;
• Apply critical thinking in order to critique and apply a template for a business case to be used to ask management to consider a workplace change;
• Analyse the core professional leadership and management obligations that are essential for the management of organisational resources, including workforce resources;
• Demonstrate the ability to explain the concept of diversity and its influence on health service delivery; and;
• Demonstrate an awareness of how corporate management systems support health service organisations to provide quality safe care and services.

Prerequisites:

ADMISSION TO BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (HEALTH MANAGEMENT MAJOR);9 CREDIT POINTS OF ANY BX SUBJECTS

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 26-Mar-2015
Coord/Lect:	Dr Irmgard Bauer.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (20%); assignments (30%); business case study (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.