Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 20 Jul 2020
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Subject details
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- Influences on health services management practice
- The changing role of the health service manager
- Health service organisations
- Human resource management in health care
- Work design in health care
- Organisational design in health care
- Working in health teams
- Integrated service delivery
- Managing change in health service organisations
- Decision-making and the health services manager
- Leadership in health care
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2020
Special requirements
No special requirements
This subject was previously known as HTHM601 Health Services Management.
In this subject students will focus on health care organisations from a strategic and operational management perspective considering evidence informed decision making, financial and resource management and human resource management. Students will cultivate an understanding of the key components of both strategic and operations management for effective outcomes within health care systems and organisations. This subject encompasses the fundamentals to inform strategic decision making and the action required to determine organisational success. Current issues and trends which impact on the strategic and operations management of health services organisations will be considered. This will be achieved with students utilising a mixture of their own industry experience and scenario based learning to develop the skills to deal with real life strategic and operational situations.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Change Management Plan (part one) (45%)
- Change Management Plan (part two) (35%)
- Case Analysis (20%)
Textbooks are not required.
