Leadership and Management in Nursing and Health Contexts

Course aim

Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop leadership and/or management roles in nursing and health services.

Course content

Theories of leadership and management and their application to nursing and health services; emotional intelligence; building resilience; creating influence; change management (leading and building multi-disciplinary teams); organisational development, nursing and multi-disciplinary staff development, mentoring staff; performance management; managing staff; resource management.

Textbook(s)

A. McKee, T. Kemp, G. Spence 2013, Management- A focus on leaders , Pearson Australia

J. Dwyer and N. Hopwood 2013, Management, 2nd, McGraw-Hill education (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External	13 weeks x -
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Workshop	6 x 2 hours x fortnightly
Directed Study	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case Study Analysis, Discussion paper, Online activities

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.