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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

HSC701 · Health and Social Care Leadership — Week 13 of 16

CourseHSC701
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing
  5. Planning your search strategy 2025
  6. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse key leadership theories.
  • 1.2 Analyse how leadership theories can develop and maintain trust and accountability.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the challenges of leadership in the health and social care sector.
  • 1.4 Analyse how different leadership styles may influence outcomes.
  • 2.1 Assess the relevance of motivational theories to organisational performance in health and social care.
  • 2.2 Explore factors influencing motivation and performance in the health and social care sector.
  • 2.3 Analyse the impact of performance management on the success of health and social care organisations.
  • 2.4 Analyse how own practice supports a positive culture in the organisation.
  • 3.1 Explain the features of effective teams.
  • 3.2 Analyse the different models of team leadership and their application to the health and social care sector.
  • 3.3 Explain how challenges to effective team performance can be overcome.
  • 3.4 Analyse how different management styles may influence outcomes of team performance.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing · YouTube · Jennifer Jackson PhD RN · 24 min · for registered students
  • Planning your search strategy 2025 · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 24 min · for registered students
  • Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of Leadership in Health and Social Care
  • Week 2: Trust, Governance, and Accountability
  • Week 3: Systemic Challenges in Care Leadership
  • Week 4: Leadership Styles and Strategic Outcomes
  • Week 5: Motivational Theories in Healthcare Organisations
  • Week 6: Workforce Motivation and Workplace Factors
  • Week 7: Performance Management in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Reflective Practice, Personal Values, and Organisational Cu…
  • Week 10: Effective Team Dynamics and Leadership Models
  • Week 11: Overcoming Team Challenges and Management Impact
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Social Care Leadership in practice: cas…
  • 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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