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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Strategic Direction and Shared Vision

HSC504 · Team Management in Health and Social Care — Week 6 of 16

CourseHSC504
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Direction and Shared Vision

  1. Aligning organisational goals with departmental targets
  2. Co-creating team visions
  3. Impact of strategic goals on daily care routines
  4. Translating vision statements into person-centred outcomes
  5. Identifying a Strategic Vision
  6. Setting Objectives

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain the links between individual, team and organisational objectives.
  • 3.4 Explain how to identify and agree aims and objectives to promote a shared vision within own team.
  • 3.5 Evaluate how the vision and strategic direction of a team influences team practice.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the links between individual, team and organisational objectives.

Study materials

Videos

  • Identifying a Strategic Vision · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students
  • Setting Objectives · YouTube · GreggU · 4 min · for registered students
  • Setting Strategic Goals, Objectives and Control · YouTube · Galton College · 33 min · for registered students
  • Strategic Planning: Setting objectives using SMART · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Management, ch. 4: Developing Mission, Vision, and Values · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 129–172 · for registered students
  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 2: Leading Strategically · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 37–70 · 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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