Write a discussion of the application of the theoretical principles of leadership and management in the clinical setting.
Semester 2: 2021 Topic. Effective leadership in healthcare environments during the COVID-19 pandemic: An argument for the most effective leadership approach.
This assignment aligns with the unit learning outcomes:1,2,4,7 & 8
This essay focuses on leadership in the healthcare environment. The purpose is to briefly introduce the healthcare challenge contextualized to a health care environment and present an argument for a particular leadership approach.
What you need to do
You are required to write an academic essay, following the APA Manual (7th ed.).
Choose the setting for this assignment from the list below:
Your leader/manager works in one of these settings in Australia. Define the role of the leader.
Hospital
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health
Aged care (residential)
Acute inpatient mental-health care service
Community-based care/service (home care etc.)
Rural health care
Education facility
The healthcare challenge: COVID-19 is the healthcare challenge for this assignment.
Briefly introduce the healthcare challenge in your chosen setting, highlighting some of the most concerning problems that the manager must solve during this national emergency (800 words maximum).
Include reference to:
Relevant Australian safety and quality initiatives
Cross cultural challenges when communicating with staff, patients’ and families
Possible conflicts within the health environment
The healthcare challenge should provide sufficient context to help the reader understand your argument for a particular leadership approach. Remember: The emphasise of this argument is on leadership.
Leadership approaches:
Compare and contrast the following three leadership approaches (authoritarian, transformational and laissez-faire) that could be used in this environment (approximately 800 words).
Present an argument for why one of the leadership approaches is the best suited to overcome the healthcare challenge in the setting of your choice and include some potential strategies for challenging interpersonal relationships and conflict between health care services, managers, peers and consumers. (approximately 1200 words).
Ensure that you support your argument with relevant citation and follow the resources provided on the Blackboard Site for the structure of this assignment.
This assignment will be marked in accordance with the SNM Postgraduate Assessment Rubric: Essay
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