Strategic Management and Senior Leadership in Health and Social Care
Program Overview
This advanced module explores creativity, change, and innovation management in healthcare and social care settings. The module includes interactive exercises and culminates in assessments that allow students to apply their understanding to specific areas of interest or expertise within healthcare or social work.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This module will encourage you to experience, think and reflect upon the nature of change, creativity and innovation within health and social care organisations. The module provides you with an advanced understanding of change in organisations where creativity and innovation emerge as a key challenge or represent a necessity. A variety of examples will be used but you will be expected to consider the application of creativity, change and innovation management in the context of health and social care organisations. Most relevant theories are explored and used as interpretative lenses to deepen your understanding of cases of changes and transformations focused on creativity and innovation. This module is delivered over five full day sessions.
Objectives:
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the key elements of the various theories and concepts on leadership.
- Critically evaluate practices of leadership.
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of organisational leadership.
Outline:
Module Outline:
- Management vs leadership
- Classical theories of leadership
- Key concepts in leadership
- Leadership and organisational culture
- Leadership, learning and development
- Leadership simulation exercise
- Leadership and change
- Leadership, inclusion and diversity
- Leadership and power relations
- Leadership, stakeholders and marketing/communications
- Leadership, power and ethic
- The future of leadership/post-heroic leadership
Assessment:
The assessment has been designed to allow you to explore areas of personal interest or clinical expertise:
- Group presentation (25 per cent)
Other:
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