Organisational Culture and Management
PostgraduateACU-HLSC6032024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Organisational Culture and Management
About this subject
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Describe how knowledge of theoretical approaches to the management of culture can improve alignment between individual and organisational goals (GA1, GA2, GA7, GA9)
- Differentiate between different types of organisational culture and their impact on quality of care (GA4, GA5, GA7, GA9)
- Create culturally safe management strategies that can be applied in managing a diverse workforce (GA1, GA2, GA3, GA4, GA5, GA6)
- Organisational culture
- Organisational culture and safety
- Management of the cultural aspects of an organisation
Health professional demographics show an ageing workforce. Health professionals who are quite new in their careers will increasingly be offered higher level duties in terms of health leadership and management positions. These management positions will be within an environment that is both complex and dynamic, but where quality and safety are paramount. One aspect of the complexity of health service organisations is organisational culture.
This subject is important for students, who are positioned in, or aspiring to, health leadership or management roles and who will need specialised knowledge and skill in evaluating solutions to complex problems associated with the dynamics of organisational culture. In this subject, students will critically analyse healthcare organisations and the management of healthcare staff from within the context of organisational culture. This aspect of health administration will be considered from within a framework of safety and quality and with the notion of a safety-culture being highlighted. Strategies to create safe and supportive workplace cultures will be considered.
The aim of this subject is to provide students with a sound understanding of theories of organisational culture and the dynamic inter-relationship between the structure of health services and the agency of the health practitioner in order to enable them to implement effective management strategies that are both safe and conducive to quality healthcare.
In order to pass this unit, students are expected to submit two graded assessment tasks. In addition, students must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 50% across both assessments. The assessment strategy used allows for the progressive development of knowledge and skills necessary for the student to be able to consider management approaches that are necessary for the student to be able to demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes.
- Online Discussion Forum - Enables students to collaborate with peers in regards to appraisal or organisational culture and evalutaion of impact on organisation culture on safe environment care. (50%)
- Essay/Proposal/Report - Enables students to demonstrate application of different approaches to staff management in providing safe, quality care. (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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