Management

This course introduces the student to the notion of the healthcare organization as a social system. We will examine how individual and group behavior relates to organizational structure, task achievement, and goal attainment. Students will gain an understanding of the role of organizational culture in shaping individual and group behavior and the linkage of culture to leadership.

As healthcare organizations strive to be high performers, the human resources function is a key player in achieving that goal. Thus, we study the human resources function from its administrative and strategic perspectives, including the line manager’s human resources role. Specifically, we examine its role in strategic planning along with the traditional roles of wage and salary administration, training and development, employee and labor relations, performance appraisal, and its ever expanding role due to legislative enactments.

The course is designed to provide an understanding of the social system in organizations. To be studied and understood are the relationship of individual and group behavior patterns to organizational structure and task requirements, the role of the individual, and the human factors confronting the manager laboring to establish the necessary environment and motivation for the appropriate functioning of the organization. People problems, the work environment, and the interaction between the two are a major concern of the course.

This course discusses the theory and practice of personal management in business and public organizations. It emphasizes the formulation and application of personnel policies, procedures and practices, particularly concerning employment, wage and salary administration, training and development, employee and labor relations, performance evaluation, termination, promotion, compensation, pensions and benefits. The finding of the behavioral sciences are integrated, especially in exploring issues of labor-management interaction and cooperation on mutual issues of organizational planning, industrial counseling, and work performance and compensation.

Effective leadership is mandatory for transforming a strategic vision into reality. In this course, students will explore the essential elements that enable strong leaders to turn strategy into action. Students will practice the techniques of strategic planning, and learn to harness and apply leadership skills to prevent the strategy from being derailed.