Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Description As Ireland’s population becomes increasingly diverse, equity-based challenges for the Irish health and social care systems intensify. The development of leaders who have the necessary knowledge, mindset, and skills to effectively identify and address health inequities is essential. The aim of this module is to facilitate advanced insight into relevant leadership styles and models of change management which can be utilised to promote equity-centred workforces, cultures, and practices within our contemporary health and social care environments. By focusing on integrated competencies across four domains (personal, interpersonal, organizational, and community and systems), students will be equipped with the mindset and skillset to thoughtfully challenge the paradigms that lead to inequity and health disparities, to approach their work in more equitable ways, and to capitalize on strategies that have long been embraced for their effectiveness in leadership and change management. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Analyse the strategic and socio-political contexts of health and social care organizations within a socio-ecological framework. 2. Critically evaluate relevant leadership styles and models of change management which can be utilised to promote equity-centred workforces, cultures, and practices within our contemporary health and social care environments 3. Demonstrate an understanding of equity-centred leadership competencies across four domains (personal, interpersonal, organizational, and community and systems). 4. Undertake a needs assessment in relation to their own/a community organisation and strategically plan a creative response to facilitate change. 5. Develop a personalised leadership approach through which to support the workforce to achieve personal and organisational goals, and enact effective change management initiatives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Indicative content- Strategic, social and political contexts of health and social care organisations. - Health and social policies that influence (both enhance and restrain) the structure and activity of the organisation. - Leadership theory in the context of contemporary health and social care organisations. - Models and styles of leadership and the impact on organisational culture, values, performance, creativity and innovation. - Collaboration for solution focused leadership. - Project /programme management skills (including needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation). - Theory and practice of innovation and entrepreneurship for service development in health and social care. - Using real world examples, examine individual and organisational capacity to act as a catalyst or stimulus for innovation. - Risk management in projects. - Change management in organisations. - Validation strategies for innovation and change in health and social inclusion. - Practice development concepts and theories. - Effective teamwork. - Inclusion, agency, empathy and self-management in the workplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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