The unit examines contemporary management and leadership issues which impact on health care contexts. Students will explore and debate approaches to management and leadership within healthcare organisations and examine how they influence their role as healthcare workers within this context
The unit will cover the skills needed to manage a quality, patient-centred health service, including the role of the manager and the importance of leadership and people management. It introduces students to the principal frameworks and tools available to practicing managers supporting them in their application of course material to real life management situations in the health service