Health Leadership & Workforce Management (PHCM9701)
This course critically examines a range of theories, models and approaches to leading and managing at different levels in health service organisations.
This course critically examines a range of theories, models and approaches to leading and managing at different levels in health service organisations.
This course provides tools to identify and respond to management problems in the context of major changes in priorities and services in health and its workforce. Topics include:
This is a PLuS Alliance course offered through UNSW. Students at UNSW, Arizona State University and Kings College London who are in a PLuS Alliance program can enrol into this course.
This course is a core course of the Master of Health Leadership and Management program, comprising 6 units of credit towards the total required for completion of the study program. The course is also offered as an elective in the Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health and Master of Infectious Diseases Intelligence programs.
External (Distance) and Internal (Face-to-Face) classes on campus
Dr Vikram Palit
Course Convenor
v.palit@unsw.edu.au
Whether you come from a clinical, public health or other disciplinary background we consider how you can draw upon that understanding and your current organisational setting to strengthen your health leadership capacity and workforce management skills.
This course enables students to evaluate theories and practices in health leadership and management, reflect on their own areas of practice and apply taught materials and leadership frameworks to improve population health outcomes and strengthen workforce capacity and engagement.
By the end of this course you should be able to:
Leading and managing are inherently practical disciplines. While this course addresses the theory and evidence base of health services leadership and management, we are also committed to encouraging you to apply this knowledge and to develop practical workforce managerial skills. A particular feature of this course is to expose you to a number of techniques, tools and strategies designed to improve health leadership performance.
Being able to effectively lead and manage people is challenging and complex. Rarely is there one right way to address workforce management issues. We believe that health leaders therefore need to be flexible, with a range of skills and attributes that enable them to learn through experience. So that they are better equipped to deal with this complexity, we use an action learning approach, which involves working on real problems, focusing on a continuous process of learning and reflection on how you would implement solutions. It is a powerful form of problem-solving combined with intentional learning, in order to bring about change in individuals and the organisation.
This course is designed to provide you with theoretical frameworks that you are encouraged to apply to your understanding of your workplace, then to reflect on this process and experience. It provides you with opportunity to gain contextual insights to enhance your own managerial practice.
Assessment Task 1 – Leadership Profile Slide Deck
Weighting: 25%
Length: 8 x PowerPoint Slides
Assessment Task 2 – Short Answer: Critical Reflection on Health Leadership Practice
Weighting: 25%
Length: 800-1000 wrods
Assessment Task 3 – Perspective: Strengthening Workforce Engagement
Weighting: 50%
Length: 1500 words
Learning resources for this course consist of the following: