Overview
Key facts
Using healthcare organisations as a main focus, students will learn to effectively manage themselves, their teams and organisations by utilising theory and research to understand management and leadership.
This short course provides an introduction to management for students from a range of professional and academic backgrounds. Its aim is to examine the main components of management in a way that is accessible to students with different levels of experience of working in organisations. Using health care organisations as a focus it explores the key elements of managing self, managing teams and managing organisations to enable students to develop a critical perspective on organisation. It focuses on the use of theory and research to build an understanding of management and leadership in organisations.
University of Birmingham's Introduction to Leadership and Management for Health programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Discuss broad conceptual approaches to the study of management
- Examine management of self; management of teams; management of the organisation as a framework for the practice of management.
- Analyse critically specific theories of management and leadership and their utility in increasing understanding of organisations
- Examine the rationale for and effectiveness of change strategies utilised in health care organisations.
- Evaluate critically the concept of organisational culture and its applications in managing health care.
- Critique relevant research to inform an analysis of health care organisations.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Public Health Leadership View 194 other Short Courses in Leadership in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
Degree level needed
Tuition Fee
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International
1480 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1480 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
565 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 565 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Birmingham
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.