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Master in Health Management (Academic Year 2019/2020) - International Health Management

Human Resources Management and Health Organisations


Credits: 6
Content language:English
Course description

This course analyses the meaning of Human Resources Management and explains how it has been developed in the health sector. Also, explains the procedures of human recourses planning and scheduling emphasising in needs prevention, work analysis and description. It then follows the process of the selection of personnel with special reference to the methods of this kind of recruitment.
Meanwhile, there is a reference of how the evaluation of staff performance takes place and then the motivation theories, the different kinds of incentives and the incentive policy for the workforce of health care organisations are presented. In the framework of the development of manpower training and education with special reference to training planning and methods are analyzed. Finally, health and safety in professional health care organisations is mentioned.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites needed.

Objectives

By the end of this course students will be able to:

  • understand the role of Human Resources in Organisations
  • understand the scale of needs and the motivation procedures of the employees of a company
  • know about the contemporary methods of evaluation for the recruitment, promotion and staff remuneration
  • know about labor hazards and labor diseases which are related to health care organisations and the prevention.

Program
  1. Human Recourses of the Health Sector
  2. From Personnel Management to Human Recourses Management
  3. Scheduling –Planning of Human Recourses
  4. Staffing
  5. Seeking of Personnel
  6. Selection of Personnel
  7. Evaluation of Work Performance
  8. Motivation
  9. Training and Development of Human Resources
  10. Health and safety at work in Hospitals
Book
All didactic material is located in the Books and Articles section of the Module.
Exercises

By the end of the Module you have to submit a 2000 word essay on the following topic:
“Analyse why Human Resources Management is necessary for the proper function of a health unit. Use practical examples to illustrate your analysis”.

Professor/Tutor responsible for teaching
Kyriakos Kouveliotis
Video professors
Prof. Evagelia Lappa - Associate Professor Technological & Educational Institute of Athens
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