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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Sector Challenges and Contemporary Leadership

HSC603 · Principles of Leadership and Management — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC603
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Sector Challenges and Contemporary Leadership

  1. Compassionate and inclusive leadership
  2. Resource constraints and funding pressures
  3. Regulatory compliance and inspection frameworks
  4. Ethical decision-making during crisis
  5. Michael West: Compassionate and inclusive leadership
  6. Decision Making in Nursing
  7. Public Health 253E - Spring 2011
  8. TU Delft - How to deal with uncertainties in decision-making in times of COVID-19

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse key leadership and management theories.
  • 1.2 Evaluate the challenges of leadership and management in the health and social care sector.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse key leadership and management theories.

Study materials

Videos

  • Michael West: Compassionate and inclusive leadership · YouTube · The King's Fund · 7 min · for registered students
  • Decision Making in Nursing · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 28 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft - How to deal with uncertainties in decision-making in times of COVID-19 · YouTube · TU Delft · 89 min · for registered students
  • Michael West: Collaborative and compassionate leadership · YouTube · The King's Fund · 21 min · for registered students
  • Compassionate and inclusive leadership: supportive leadership cultures and the NHS long-term plan · YouTube · The King's Fund · 63 min · for registered students
  • Webinar: The future of public health and population health leadership · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 74 min · for registered students
  • Michael West: developing cultures of high quality care · YouTube · The King's Fund · 15 min · for registered students
  • Michael West: collective leadership for culture change · YouTube · The King's Fund · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 13: Leadership · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 375–412 · for registered students
  • The Orange Book: Management of Risk – Principles and Concepts (HM Treasury, 2023) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 64 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theoretical Foundations of Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Sector Challenges and Contemporary Leadership
  • Week 3: Determinants of Workforce Performance
  • Week 4: Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement
  • Week 5: Strategic Performance Management Systems
  • Week 6: Team Leadership Models and Dynamics
  • Week 7: Multidisciplinary Teamwork and Collaborative Delivery
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Governance, Accountability, and Professional Duties
  • Week 10: Policy Formulation and Strategic Implementation
  • Week 11: Key Role Evaluation in Policy Delivery
  • Week 12: Applying Principles of Leadership and Management in practic…
  • 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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