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Getting Ahead in Health Services: Healthcare Management and Leadership Principles
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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Getting Ahead in Health Services: Healthcare Management and Leadership Principles
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 8 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Getting Ahead in Health Services: Healthcare Management and Leadership Principles
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  • Want to know how to be a good leader and manager in health services? Explore the tools and techniques available with this self-paced course.
  • You'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the fundamental theories, concepts and principles of leadership and management practice, and discuss the difference between managers and leaders.
  • You'll also find out how leaders and managers employ relevant skills and behaviours in global and cultural contexts.
  • Can good leaders be developed? Is it possible to be a good leader and a bad manager? And what are the most effective, and ineffective, leadership styles and practices? This course will show you how effective leadership and management must go hand in hand, despite their differences.
  • As you delve into the history of leadership models and theories, such as contingency, situational and transformational leadership, You'll study strong leaders in history. You'll explore how leadership theories have developed over time, and pinpoint the relevant behaviours required of healthcare professionals.
  • Culture has a strong impact on the expectations of leaders, it can impact leadership approach, skills required, and even how leaders present themselves in a professional context.
  • You'll have the opportunity to review how leading works in different countries, and how that relates to the skills, qualities, and behaviours required by healthcare leaders.
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Getting Ahead in Health Services: Healthcare Management and Leadership Principles
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Curriculum

What are the key concepts relevant to emergent leaders and managers?

Welcome to Getting Ahead in Health Services: Healthcare Management and Leadership Principles

What are the differences between leadership and management?

Can leaders be developed?

Effective and ineffective leadership and management practices and styles

Summary of Week 1

Leadership theories and characteristics

Introduction to Week 2

The history of leadership theories

Leaders in history

Introduction to key leadership theories and concepts

Leading in different countries and with different cultures

The characteristics, skills, qualities and behaviours required by healthcare leaders

Summary of Week 2

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