Organization, Management, and Leadership in Health and Nursing Care

Module:

Social Sciences

ECTS:

3

Contact hours – lectures:

30

Contact hours – seminar:

15

Contact hours – clinical exercises:

0

Contact hours – clinical practice:

0

Holder of subject:

Dr Brigita Skela Savič, Associatet Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Brigita Skela Savič, Associate Professor
• Sanela Pivač, Lecturer

Level of study:

First Bologna cycle professional education study program

Semester:

Summer

Language:

Slovene/English

Subject specific competences:

The student:

• recognize modern principles and cognitions on area of organize, management and leadership;
• recognize health care system and place/role of nursing in health care system;
• recognize organization theory, concepts, principles in health care management;
• get knowledge about fundamental process in health care organization and about tasks of nursing management;
• get knowledge about leadership of employments and change management in practice;
• get knowledge about development of  employments, meaning of education/qualification and career management in nursing;
• get knowledge how to lead the process in nursing and health care.
   

Mandatory and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Skupina avtorjev: Sodobne oblike in pristopi pri organiziranju. Kranj: Univerza v Mariboru.
• Vila A, Kovač J. Osnove organizacije in managementa. Kranj: Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za organizacijske vede; 1997.
• Možina S, et al., eds.  Management: Nova znanja za uspeh. Ljubljana: Didakta; 200: izbrana poglavja.

Recommended references:

• Kralj J. Management. Koper: Visoka šola za Management; 2003.
• Wan TTH. Evidence-Based Health Care Management: Multivariate Modeling Approaches. Boston; Dordrecht; London: Cluver academic Publisher; cop. 2002.
• Fralic MF. Staffing Management and Methods: Tools and Techniques for Nurse Leaders (by AONE Series and AONE Management Series). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; cop. 2000.

Study obligations:

• 30% obligatory attendance at lectures
• 100% obligatory attendance at seminars
• seminar work

Assessment methods:

• written examination (100%)