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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Strategic Decision Making and Program Planning

  • Unit Code

    HST6334

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit focuses on the theory and processes involved in making strategic decisions related to the prioritisation, planning and implementation of health programs and services. Strategic management tools that assist with program planning, resource estimation and program implementation are investigated. The principles and approaches to strategically managing and evaluating health organisation, program and service performance are examined.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST5607

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and articulate the tasks involved in developing a plan to implement policy.
  2. Apply strategic thinking and organisational management theories to health program planning and implementation.
  3. Critically appraise methods for prioritising health issues and programs.
  4. Critically discuss principles and approaches to measuring organisation, program and service performance.
  5. Critically discuss the processes involved in estimating resource requirements for health programs and services.
  6. Evaluate the contribution strategic management tools make to program development, implementation and evaluation.

Unit Content

  1. Application of strategic management tools to the public health sector.
  2. Concepts of and tehniques for strategic thinking.
  3. Performance measures for services and processes in the public health sector.
  4. Strategic management of health organisations and programs.
  5. Theories and principles of organisational management.
  6. Tools for managing organisational performance.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, case studies, discussions and debates, reflective exercises and E-learning activities and supports.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation20%
ReportReflections on decision making and planning issues 30%
ExaminationFinal examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study20%
ReportReflections on decision making and planning issues30%
ExaminationFinal examination50%

Text References

  • Fallon, L. F., & Zgodzinski, E. J. (2009). Essentials of public health management (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
  • Harris, M. G. (Ed.). (2006). Managing health services: Concepts and practice (2nd ed.). Sydney, Australia: Mosby.
  • Knowlton, L. W., & Philips, C. C., (2013). The logic model guidebook: Better strategies for great results (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Linstead, S., Fulop, L., & Lilley, S. (2009). Management and organization: A critical text (2nd ed.). London, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Samson, D., & Daft, R. (2012). Management (4th ed.). Orlando, FL: Dryden Press.
  • Sloan, J. (2014). Learning to think strategically (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Journal References

  • Harvard Business Review
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Website References

  • The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • US Centers for Disease Control
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Journal of Healthcare Management

References

  • International Journal of Health Planning and Management

References

  • The Health Care Manager

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Strategic Decision Making and Program Planning

  • Unit Code

    HST6334

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit focuses on the theory and processes involved in making strategic decisions related to the prioritisation, planning and implementation of health programs and services. Strategic management tools that assist with program planning, resource estimation and program implementation are investigated. The principles and approaches to strategically managing and evaluating health organisation, program and service performance are examined.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST5607

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and articulate the tasks involved in developing a plan to implement policy.
  2. Apply strategic thinking and organisational management theories to health program planning and implementation.
  3. Critically appraise methods for prioritising health issues and programs.
  4. Critically discuss principles and approaches to measuring organisation, program and service performance.
  5. Critically discuss the processes involved in estimating resource requirements for health programs and services.
  6. Evaluate the contribution strategic management tools make to program development, implementation and evaluation.

Unit Content

  1. Application of strategic management tools to the public health sector.
  2. Concepts of and tehniques for strategic thinking.
  3. Performance measures for services and processes in the public health sector.
  4. Strategic management of health organisations and programs.
  5. Theories and principles of organisational management.
  6. Tools for managing organisational performance.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, case studies, discussions and debates, reflective exercises and E-learning activities and supports.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation20%
ReportReflections on decision making and planning issues 30%
ExaminationFinal examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study20%
ReportReflections on decision making and planning issues30%
ExaminationFinal examination50%

Text References

  • Fallon, L. F., & Zgodzinski, E. J. (2009). Essentials of public health management (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
  • Harris, M. G. (Ed.). (2006). Managing health services: Concepts and practice (2nd ed.). Sydney, Australia: Mosby.
  • Knowlton, L. W., & Philips, C. C., (2013). The logic model guidebook: Better strategies for great results (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Linstead, S., Fulop, L., & Lilley, S. (2009). Management and organization: A critical text (2nd ed.). London, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Samson, D., & Daft, R. (2012). Management (4th ed.). Orlando, FL: Dryden Press.
  • Sloan, J. (2014). Learning to think strategically (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Journal References

  • Harvard Business Review
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Website References

  • The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • US Centers for Disease Control
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Journal of Healthcare Management

References

  • International Journal of Health Planning and Management

References

  • The Health Care Manager

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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