Nivå/kategori

Breddstudier

Undervisningsspråk

Engelska

Kurstyp

Valfri

Rekommenderat studieår

4

Omfattning

5 sp

Kompetensmål

The aims (why):
The overall aim with the course is to enhance the students’ ability for becoming reflective practitioners, more aware of their own behaviour, attitudes and actions and their impact on others and on the organisation. Further, the aim is to encourage students to analyse and critically review their practices and set it in a wider context. Summarizing, this could be achieved by linking practice with appropriate theories, models and concepts.

Läranderesultat

The aims (why):
The overall aim with the course is to enhance the students’ ability for becoming reflective practitioners, more aware of their own behaviour, attitudes and actions and their impact on others and on the organisation. Further, the aim is to encourage students to analyse and critically review their practices and set it in a wider context. Summarizing, this could be achieved by linking practice with appropriate theories, models and concepts.

The structure (how):
The course building on the PBL-concept (problem based learning) with vignette technique requires for each student: own activity and responsibility for learning. The course also offers students to actively participate and contribute to fellow students learning through BLS.

Innehåll

Course content (what):
This course is a literature course, aiming to broaden the knowledge of specific public management (old and new) and to gain critical awareness of trends affecting management in the public health sector.

Förkunskaper

Passed the course Organization and leadership

Kursen ersätter följande kurser

none

Litteratur

Gautam, K. 2008, "Addressing the Research-Practice Gap in Healthcare Management", Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. r2008.
Harding, N. 2007, "Essai: On Lacan and the 'Becoming-ness' of Organizations/Selves", Organization Studies; Berlin, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 1761.
Harding, N. & Learmonth, M. 2000, "Thinking critically: The case of health policy research", Technology Analysis & Strategic Management; Abingdon, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 335.
Learmonth, M. & Harding, N. 2006, Evidence-based management: the very idea, Public Administration; London, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 245.
Lorden, A. 2008, "The balanced scorecard framework--A case study of patient and employee satisfaction: What happens when it does not work as planned?", Health care management review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 145.
Lynn, L. 2008. Public Management: Old and new. Routledge, New York.
Walshe, K. & Smith J. 2006, Healthcare management, Open University Press, Maidenhead.

Studieaktiviteter

  • Föreläsningar - 20 timmar
  • Studentstyrd lärarhandledd undervisning - 13 timmar
  • Självstudier - 70 timmar
  • Nätbaserade och nätstödda studier - 30 timmar

Arbetsbelastning

  • Kursens totala antal arbetstimmar: 133 timmar
  • Varav självstyrda studieformer: 100 timmar
  • Varav schemalagda studier: 33 timmar

Undervisningsform

Närundervisning

Examinationsformer

Rapporter och produktioner

Lärare

  • Gustavson Mia
  • Sigfrids Ingmar

Examinator

Gustavson Maria

Kursens hemsida

none

Antal kursplatser

Ingen begränsning

Delprestation i kraft till

Tills vidare

Examinationsformer

2008-10-30 - Rapporter och produktioner

Kurs och studieplanssökning