ALHS 2311 - Management and Leadership for Allied Health Supervisors

Many allied health practitioners will assume the role of a manager during the course of their career.  This course is designed to provide theory and application focusing on the development of leadership and management strategies and skills to prepare these practitioners to assume professional responsibilities in management and administration. (3 lecture hours/week) Not part of a TN Transfer

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

1. Apply organizational theory to health care management
2. Define the supervisor role and how it is executed in health care organizations
3. Recognize the managerial functions and challenges posed by changes in the external environment and within health care organizations.
4. Assess and plan intervention strategies for performance problems in health care organizations
5. Develop skills in team building and the management of groups.
6. Synthesize information about strategic planning in health service organizations and the relationships of planning to innovation and change
7. Frame the context for understanding the concept of motivation, including who, what, and why about employee motivation.
8. Analyze the dynamics of situations and apply effective leadership styles to motivate individuals, enhance organizational performance, and achieve stated goals.
9. Describe strategic planning, the utilization of a situational assessment or SWOT analysis, and the strategic planning process.
10. Discuss the importance of quality to a healthcare system and the leading models of quality improvement.
11. Describe the importance, purpose, and major objectives of financial management in healthcare organizations.
12. Discuss the primary reimbursement methods from government-sponsored programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
13. Integrate the predominate approaches to strategic management of human resources to improve organizational performance using employee performance evaluation models.