HSM161 Health Services Organisations (8)

• understand how management thought as evolved to the present day;
• have a broad understanding of the functions of managers in contemporary organisations, particularly in the domains of leadership, control, and employee motivation;
• recognise that there are different organisational perspectives that inform practice, analysis, design and research;
• have an awareness that different perspectives are based on previous accumulated research within a paradigm and appreciate that some perspectives are more insightful than others depending on the situation;
• be able to identify the multidimensional nature of structure within organisations.
• understand that organisational design and structure is paradigm dependent;
• understand that characteristics of an organisation influence its structure and strategy. eg history, size, purpose, technology;
• understand that environmental influences (eg economic, cultural, legislative and technological factors) on health service organisations are dynamic;
• value individuals within organisations;
• acknowledge other people's perspectives;
• recognise the potential effects of the dominance of a particular organisational structure or culture;
• appreciate the breadth of analysis that can be achieved with an approach that uses multiple perspectives;
• value depth of understanding and appropriate application of knowledge in a contemporary setting;
• have empathy with the existence of structured inequality within organisations;
• appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of various ways of structuring health service organisations;
• to be able to contribute an informed view on the organisational structuring debate if required to do so in their workplace.

- fundamentals of organisation and management; - organisational structure and environmental influences; - organisational leadership, motivation, control and frames of perspective.