Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- analyze health care management from different perspectives (human, society, technology)
- develop her/his identity as an innovative health care leader
- manage cross-cultural partnerships, and multidisciplinary networks and teams in public and private consortiums transnationally and internationally
- lead innovatively transition and multiprofessional development projects

Teaching methods

The student is able
- to analyze health care management from different perspectives (human, society, technology)
- to develop her/himself as an innovative health care leader
- to construct his/her self-management competencies for working in challenging and constantly changing environments
- to manage diverse partnerships and interdisciplinary networks and teams in public and private consortiums locally and globally
- to lead innovatively transition and interprofessional development projects

Location and time

Contact days (Tikkurila)
11.9.2020 Friday 9-16
8.10. 9-16 Friday 9-16
11.11.2020 Wednesday 9-16
14.11.2020 Saturday 9-16
12.12.2020 Saturday 9-16

Learning materials and recommended literature

Ginter, PM  (2013, 7th edition) The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations. Jossey-Bass. The book is available on ebrary.
Pradley, D (2016, 2nd edition) Introducing Leadership. Routledge Taylor & Francis group. London and New York. The book is available on ebrary.
BARR, J. and DOWDING, L., 2016. Leadership in health care. Third edition edn. London ; Los Angeles: Sage. This book is available on Laurea library.
BUTTIGIEG, S., RATHERT, C. and VON EIFF, W., 2015. International Best Practices in Health Care Management. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This book is available on ebrary.
GRAY, I.L., FIELD, R. and BROWN, K., 2010. Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care. London: SAGE Publications. This book is available on ebrary.
Aij, Kjeld Harald and Rapsaniotis, Sofia 2017. Leadership requirements for Lean versus servant leadership in health care: a systematic review of the literature. J Healthc Leadersh 9:1-14.
Ayman, Roya and Korabik, Karen 2010. Leadership. Why Gender and Culture Matter. American Psychologist 65: 157-170.
Laura Bryant: Building a better workplace through motivation.
Rotter, Thomas et al. 2019. What Is Lean Management in Health Care? Development of an Operational Definition for a Cochrane Systematic Review. Evaluation & the Health Professions 42: 366-390.
Evers, Hans-Dieter 2014. Changing ethnic diversity in Peninsular Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia 32. 37-53.
Trastek, Victor; Hamilton, Neil; and Niles, Emily 2014. Leadership Models in Health Care – A Case for Servant Leadership. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 89: 374-381.
William Philip Wall Is Cross-Cultural Management the Key to Success in Global Healthcare Competition? 2013. International Journal of Business and Information 8: 70-95

Students workload

10 credits = 270 hours

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

1. Knowledge base:
The student is able to
- gather , process, produce, and evaluate information about healthcare management and leadership widely.
- -use concepts of the area of expertise systematically
2. Problem solving:
The student is able to
- solve problems in healthcare management and leadership research, develooment and/or innovation avtivities
3.Development:
The student is able to
- recognize and analyze focuses of healthcare management and leadership making use of the knowledge base
4. Communication:
The student is able to
- communicate about healthcare management and leadership clearly both orally and in writing

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

1. Knowledge base:
The student is able to
- gather, process, produce, and evaluate information about healthcare management and leadership critically and widely making use of both national and international scientific sources
- use concepts of the area of expertise fairly
2. Problem solving:
The student is able to
- solve problems in healthcare management and leadership research, development and/or innovation activities by applying and combining information from different fileds
3.Development:
The student is able to
- create target-oriented, justified development plans for healthcare management and leadership considering the community
4. Communication:
The student is able to
- communicate about healthcare management and leadership clear and consistent manner both orally and in writing

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

1. Knowledge base:
The student is able to
- create a consistent framework/knowledge base for healthcare management and leadership making use of both national and international scientific sources in a critical analytic fashion
2. Problem solving:
The student is able to
- solve demanding problems in research, development and/or innovation activities in healthcare management and leadership where new knowledge and competence is created as well as to apply and combine information from different fields
3.Development:
The student is able to
- develop the activities of the healthcare management and leadership competence area in a target-oriented and communal fashion
4. Communication:
The student is able to
- communicate about healthcare management and leadershipconvincingly both orally and in writing to audiences within and exterior to the field