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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Leadership Styles and Accountability

HSC504 · Team Management in Health and Social Care — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC504
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Leadership Styles and Accountability

  1. Situational and transformational leadership models
  2. Impact of leadership on care team morale
  3. Establishing professional trust and psychological safety
  4. Mechanisms for individual and shared accountability
  5. What is Transformational Leadership?
  6. Situational Leadership (How to Pick the Right Management Style for the Right Team and Situation)

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Evaluate the impact of leadership styles on a team.
  • 1.4 Assess the importance of accountability and trust in a team.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the impact of leadership styles on a team.

Study materials

Videos

  • What is Transformational Leadership? · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 10 min · for registered students
  • Situational Leadership (How to Pick the Right Management Style for the Right Team and Situation) · YouTube · The Right Questions · 6 min · for registered students
  • The importance of psychological safety: Amy Edmondson · YouTube · The King's Fund · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 12: Leading People Within Organizations · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 494–544 · for registered students
  • Leader emotional intelligence, leadership styles, commitment and trust on job performance · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of Team Development
  • Week 2: Leadership Styles and Accountability
  • Week 3: Conflict Resolution in Health and Social Care
  • Week 4: Building and Sustaining Team Culture
  • Week 5: Creativity and Innovation in Practice
  • Week 6: Strategic Direction and Shared Vision
  • Week 7: Workforce Planning and Role Distribution
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Monitoring Team Performance and Delivering Feedback
  • Week 10: Managing Persistent Underperformance
  • Week 11: Safer Recruitment and Collaborative Selection
  • Week 12: Applying Team Management in Health and Social Care in pract…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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