Contemporary Leadership Roles in Health Care Assignments ($380 total)
Unit 2 Assignment 1 $30
Topic Selection Summary and Rationale
Compose a 1–3 page summary paper identifying the theory or model you selected for the Leadership Theory Paper due in Unit 10. Respond to the following:
- Explain your choice of theory or model from the leadership literature that has been utilized to describe or explain leadership behavior in a health care setting.
- Discuss whether this interest emerges from your current work, or recent academic or community service experiences.
Explore the literature by researching academic and professional peer reviewed articles and other scholarly resources through the Capella Library databases. Exploring professional and scientific publications will be the preliminary work for the outline and annotated bibliography due in Unit 5.
Submit the paper in the assignment area at the end of Unit 2.
Unit 2 Discussion 1 $10
Leadership Theories
Distinguish situational leadership theory from transactional leadership theory, and from transformational leadership. What is similar and what is different for each theory?
Unit 2 Discussion 2 $10
Workforce Complexities
Explain how the complexity of the health workforce may lead to communication failure and conflict. What are two ways to use quality communication and conflict skills to successfully motivate subordinates?
Unit 3 Assignment 1 $40
Personal Development Plan
At the start of the DHA program, learners completed the Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI), which provided information on leadership and management competency areas. For this assignment, learners will summarize their current progress in continuing to develop their leadership competencies, as follows:
- In 3–5 pages, learners will write a brief summary of the results of the LLI, identifying three strengths and three weaknesses.
- Next, learners select an area of competency development and write a specific action plan to address this competency area during the course.
- This written summary and plan should provide clear measurable objectives, a set of action steps to be taken, and a clear timeline for completing these action steps during this term.
- Finally, learners should be prepared to update the instructor on their progress during the last week of the term.
- Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this assignment to your ePortfolio
Unit 3 Discussion 1
Unit 3 Discussion 1 $10
Effective Planning and Decision Making
Mastering the planning process and effective decision making are two critical tools of health leaders. Based on your understanding of the readings, what might happen if leaders do not master these tools?
Unit 3 Discussion 2 $10
Tuckman’ s Model of the Group Dynamic Process
Explain Tuckman’s model of the group dynamic process and summarize its importance for health care leaders in group or team supervision. Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Tuckman model.
Unit 4 Discussion 1 $10
Case Study: Innovations in Performance Management
Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.
In the case by Vermillion et al. (2010), a critical issue for Baptist was to align leaders’ goals with organizational performance expectations. In your team, describe the key leadership issues at Baptist. What was innovative about their approach? As a team, decide which theory, if any, is best for explaining the approach utilized at Baptist. Discuss the rationale for theory selection.
In a separate posting, explain why you agree or disagree with your team’s decision.
Unit 4 Discussion 2 $10
Evaluate Needs
Identify one idea or insight from the Baptist case that you would want to pursue with additional research. What is the research question or idea that needs further research?
Unit 5 Assignment 1 $50
Leadership Theory Outline and Annotated Bibliography
With your Leadership Theory Paper outline and annotated bibliography, you will demonstrate the research you have completed in your course project and receive instructor feedback. Your annotated bibliography should be annotative, as opposed to summative. Include the following:
- A minimum of 10 references, formatted in APA (6th edition) style, which are appropriate, professional peer-reviewed academic sources.
- Identify the type of source, and provide a brief summary as well as a rationale for each selection.
- Describe the relationship of the references to your selected topic.
Your instructor will offer feedback in regard to the applicability of the articles you selected, as well as guidance on any other aspects that you may want to research before completing the assignment.
Unit 5 Discussion 1 $10
Case Study: Seeking PERFECTION in Health Care
Review the Seeking PERFECTION in Health Care case study from the studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.
As a team, discuss the application of the Toyota Production System approach to George Mason. Note that a key reason for adopting the Toyota approach was because senior leaders wanted to find a unifying management method for the system. Would you have predicted that this approach might present any cultural and/or ethical conflicts for the system? Explain why or why not.
Unit 5 Discussion 2 $10
The End of “Business as Usual”
Using your knowledge of Resource Dependency Theory and Strategic Management Theory, explain why Virginia Mason had to change and could no longer operate with a “business as usual” approach.
Unit 6 Discussion 1 $10
Case Study: People Structure of Quality Improvement
Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.
Based on your review of the issues confronting Spectrum Health, discuss your perspective on the executive leader’s role in this case with your team members. What is the executive leader’s role here? What specific behaviors should the executive leader be demonstrating, and why?
Unit 6 Discussion 2 $10
Metrics for Accountability
What top 3–5 metrics should the executive leaders of Spectrum utilize to ensure that people are held accountable for results? Identify one research study to provide evidence that at least one of your metrics has been utilized in practice by health care leaders.
Unit 7 Discussion 2 $10
Case Study: Malcolm Baldrige Award
Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will submit a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.
Summarize the common characteristics of the five health care systems that have won the Malcolm Baldrige Award.
Unit 7 Discussion 3 $10
Unanswered Research Question
Case studies comparing the results of different health care organizations are one way that policymakers, health leaders, and researchers gather and share empirical information. Identify one research question that you think remains unanswered about the Malcolm Baldrige approach. Why is this the right question to ask?
Unit 8 Assignment 1 $40
Networking Assignment
One of the most important skills that a leader can develop is their network of professional contacts both in and out of their professional field. Whether it is to establish new business relationships or learn about emerging trends and ideas, networking requires focus, practice, and persistence to do it well. For this assignment, learners are required to write and submit a 4–5 page summary of their experience:
- Identifying and making contact with two leaders (this may not be another learner enrolled in this course). One contact should be a leader in the field of health administration, and the second contact should be a leader in a related/relevant profession, but not necessarily health administration (this may be a community leader, for example) The learner should select a networking contact who the learner admires for his or her professional accomplishments, or who occupies a leadership position that the learner aspires to achieve.
- Learners are required to provide an action plan of whom, what, when, and where as well as the results of their interaction with the key network contacts.
- Learners are to ask their networking contact for help with the following question:
- What is the most important lesson that you have learned in your career as a leader that you would be willing to share with me as I continue to build my leadership skills?
- Learners should demonstrate that they have reflected on both their personal experience and refer to the leadership literature to determine if there is evidence to support the lessons learned from leadership network contacts.
Unit 8 Discussion 1 $10
Case Study: Leadership Development in Health Care
Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.
How do the results of the McAlearney and Butler (2008) study align with the recommendations of the NCHL? Are the results consistent or different?
Unit 8 Discussion 2 $10
Research Questions and NCHL Competencies
How would you determine if the NCHL competencies are the rights ones? What is one research question that you might ask to be sure that the competencies outlined by the NCHL are the right ones for you to develop?
Unit 9 Discussion 1 $10
Mentorship and Succession Planning
Describe the importance of mentorship and succession planning to the long-term success of a health care organization. How do you know that mentorship is important?
Unit 9 Discussion 2 $10
Scientific Inquiry in Coaching and Mentoring
Is there one study that you would still like to see completed before you are convinced of the effectiveness of coaching and mentoring? If so, what is the study? If not, identify an area of scientific inquiry in the field of coaching and mentoring that is worthy of study by a Capella doctoral learner in health administration.
Unit 10 Assignment 1 $40
Leadership Theory Paper
The purpose of this doctoral level Leadership Theory paper is to:
- Select a theory or model from the leadership literature that has been utilized to describe or explain leadership behavior in a health care setting.
- Summarize the available information from both professional and scientific publications.
- Apply the theory or model to a health care organization with which you are familiar.
- Discuss the value of the theory or model for improving health care organizational performance (be sure to present the evidence).
- Describe any personal experience as a practitioner with the identified model or theory of leadership, and summarize both published and personal “best practices.”
- Review your past Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI) results and reflect on whether the theory or model aligns with NCHL competencies and your own perspective and approach to leadership.
- Describe how your leadership style or behaviors should or shouldn’t change, based on what you learned from the research completed for this paper.
Expectations
- Topic relevant to a health care setting.
- Literature review engaging both scholarly and professional practice literatures.
- Scholarly review of the empirical evidence surrounding the application of the theory in health and non-health settings.
- Correct use of APA formatting and referencing throughout the document.
- Development of an evidence-based perspective on the value of the theory.
- Describe the value of the theory for improving the learner’s own leadership competencies.
Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this assignment to your ePortfolio.
Unit 10 Discussion 1 $10
Leadership Legacy
Describe the characteristics of the leadership legacy you intend to leave. What do you want your teams and peers to say about your legacy? Why is this important to you?
Unit 10 Discussion 2 $10
Personal Development Retrospective
In the beginning of this course, you were asked to think about your results from the Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI), and to use those results to evaluate your overall progress developing leadership competencies. Now that you have reached the end of this course, it is time to reflect on your growth as a health care leader:
- How have the activities in this course altered your previously self-identified strengths and weaknesses?
- How have your experiences in this course made an impact on your personal action plan to develop a specific leadership competency?
- Are there any changes to your objectives, action steps, or timeline?
- What final thoughts do you have about health care leadership development?
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