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Master of Science in Health Management (Academic Year 2017/2018) - Health Management

Decision Making, Planning and Leadership


Content language:Greek
Course description

Leadership has been described as the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task and at the same time is the ability to influence a group of people towards a goal. In this course students will increase their own leadership capacities through feedback, reflection and practice. The hypothesis to be tested is that effective leadership is the ability to successfully integrate and maximize available resources within the internal and external environment for the attainment of organizational or societal goals. The heart of this course is the emphasis on the leadership skills, traits and qualities that are necessary to health professionals in order to lead and coach individuals within a health organisation. One of the main goals of the course is to guide students and health professionals to self evaluation and assessment. In this framework, students will use readings, role plays, experiential exercises, and self-reflection, as well as focused coaching and feedback, to optimize their own leadership capabilities.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this module.
Objectives

The course is intended for students who envision that they will be working in health organisations where both leadership and teamwork will be critical.
It will teach these students to:

  • understand the major academic theories of leadership in relation to health management
  • develop the ability to asses a leader’s actions objectively and through the multiple lenses that these theories provide inside a health organization
  • improve their own ability to make good leadership decisions and, simultaneously, develop a better understanding of the ways that various constituents might interpret and judge these decisions and their outcomes in relation to health management
  • practice the utilization of these lessons to accomplish certain specific leadership tasks, such as making decisions, resolving conflicts, and setting a vision and leading a change effort inside a health organisation.

Program
  1. Decision Making Planning and Leadership
  2. Principles and Challenges of Leadership
  3. Dimensions of Leadership
  4. Patterns and Principles of Leadership in Health Management
  5. Ethics and Values in Leadership
  6. The empowerment of Health Professionals, Leadership Authority
  7. Health Psychology and Leadership
  8. Scientific Management and Human Relations
  9. Leadership , Decision Making and Team Building
  10. Human Development and Leadership
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:
“Why effective leadership is necessary for the administration of a health organization”.

Professor/Tutor responsible for teaching
Kyriakos Kouveliotis
Video professors
Prof. Kyriakos Kouveliotis - Professor of Leadership and International Relations
List of lessons
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