Unit of Study PBHL5014 Strategic Planning and Management in Health Care (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

MGMT5004 - Strategic Health Management

Unit description

Examines healthcare leadership from the strategic management and planning perspective. Factors from the internal and external environments which impact contemporary health services are critically explored. Pertinent health, social and community care issues from these environments are used to exemplify the principles of strategic leadership and planning.

Unit content

Strategic leadership in practice
Strategic leadership processes in health, social and community services
Environmental factors influencing strategic planning of the health, social and community care services
Strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation in health, social and community services

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify the concept of strategic direction of health, social and community care services

locate and analyse the internal and external factors in shaping the strategic direction of health, social and community services

plan, implement and evaluate a strategic management framework within health, social and community services

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Structured online learning (6 weeks)

Assessment
Discussion board	10%
Critical review	30%
Framework	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

This book is available as an e-Book: Ginter, PM, Duncan, WJ & Swayne, LE, 2018, The strategic management of health care organizations, 8th edn, John Wiley & Sons.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

This book is available as an e-Book: Ginter, PM, Duncan, WJ & Swayne, LE, 2018, The strategic management of health care organizations, 8th edn, John Wiley & Sons.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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