Leadership and Management in Healthcare
Leadership and Management in Healthcare
In leadership roles, we are constantly comparing and contrasting leadership roles and management responsibilities and it is important as healthcare leaders that we differentiate the two. In addition, it is helpful to understand the differences between a leader and a manager.
Tasks:
In a minimum of 200 words, post your responses to the following to the Discussion Area:
- What are the characteristics of a “good” leader or manager?
- What are the primary barriers and challenges associated with healthcare leadership?
- Compare and contrast leadership theories and assess which theory is most effective.
Your initial posting should be addressed at 200 words as noted in the attached PDF. Submit your document to this Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.
Respond to your classmates throughout the week. Justify your answers with examples, research, and reasoning. Follow-up posts need to be submitted by the end of the week.
OD is an approach to organizational effectiveness that calls on the fields of behavioral and social sciences to provide guidance to planned change efforts. Organizations thrive when changes are effective. Thus, the greatest competitive strength an organization can seek today is exceptional agility, intelligence to sense and respond to market opportunities and threats, and an organizational culture and structure than can flex to extraordinary stresses and strains. Please discuss the role of the organizational development practitioner when it comes to change in the workplace.
Tasks:
- What are the changes needed to the organization structure i.e. reporting structures, information and communication structures, HR management policies, locations, and facilities etc.?
- How should the relationship between people and the organization’s internal environment be? Determine what leadership and management style would be conducive to the intended organizational change.
- How can we motivate and support change in an organization and manage resistance?
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
