R C 406 - Healthcare Leadership and Management

4 Credits

This course will provide an introduction to the basic principles of organizational leadership and management theories, systems and complexity theories, project management, fundamentals of sales and marketing, personal management skills, and professional relationship building with diverse, interdisciplinary healthcare team members.

Pre-requisite(s) R C 401
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - R C
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Designed to Serve BAS - Respiratory Care students
Active Date 2015-05-12

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
1. Basic principles of organizational leadership

2. Basic principles of organizational management

3. Overview of systems and complexity theories

4. Basic principles of project management

5. Fundamental concepts of business ethics, marketing and sales

6. Maturation of personal management skills

7. Relationship building within diverse healthcare teams

Student Learning Outcomes
Describe the differences between leadership and management in professional organizations.

State personal and professional goals and objectives of organizational leadership and management.

Communicate differences between mechanistic and complex systems view of organization dynamics.

Present a project management plan utilizing ethical business practices, marketing and sales techniques.

Create a portfolio exhibiting personal management skills and techniques.

Describe relationship building techniques that demonstrate sensitivity to organizational diversity.