RC 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) RC 401 with min 2.0
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - RC
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Designed to Serve BAS - Respiratory Care students
Active Date 20250520T14:16:30

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Basic principles of organizational leadership
Basic principles of organizational management
Overview of systems and complexity theories
Basic principles of project management
Fundamental concepts of business ethics, marketing and sales
Maturation of personal management skills
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.