Joint Commission on Accredidation of Healthcare Organizations

Examect mine and discuss how participative leadership functions in today’s modern
health care organization and compare it to other types of leadership styles.
Evaluate how each type of leadership style may impact organizational culture,
employee performance, and how it may help or hinder the legitimacy of authority.

As an administrator, address the challenges of employee recruitment and
retention of health care professionals. Additional subtopics may include trends
in the nursing workforce, shortage of primary care physicians, staff turnover,
retention, and staffing patterns.

Analyze the dual role of a manager and healthcare professional. Examine
challenges that the health professional compared to those of a non-health
professional, may face in terms of leadership style, and the impact these
challenges have on organizational culture. The benefits of a health professional
manager as an organizational resource may also be included. Explore the career
trends of health professionals in organizational leadership positions, such as
the types of health professional training that leaders tend to have in common,
and the typical demographic background of health professional managers.

The health care industry must anticipate and monitor trends that could
possibly affect its overall survival. Analyze how regulation of the healthcare
industry impacts a health care organization. Explore some of the possible
survival organizational strategies such as, but not limited to, mergers, and
affiliations, achieving accreditation status, professional licensure.

Analyze the impact of technology on how health care services are delivered.
The impact of technology on employee performance, organizational structure, and
management planning may also be considered.

Analyze the impact of any recent social and/or ethical trends on the health
care industry. Discuss at least two issues.

After identifying your
topic, choose a health care organization in your area.  This organization may be
small or large and may provide single inpatient health service or multiple
outpatient services; it is your choice.  Consider your topic in light of the
leadership of this organization and research the challenges and successes it has
faced in managing operational effectiveness.  You are welcome to use as many
research methods as possible to obtain information for your organization and its
managers (e.g., web-based resources, electronic articles, or personal
interviews).  The more informed you are, the better prepared you will be to
complete your project. 

Finally, develop a management training program
that includes relevant guidelines and information to combat the issues
identified in the selected topic, as well as recommendations for managers to
more effectively lead health care organizations.  Your training program should
be in the form of a 20 to 25 slide PowerPoint presentation (excluding title and
reference slides) that includes comprehensive speaker’s notes for each slide. 
Utilize at least three to five scholarly sources from the Ashford University
Library and two to three current, scholarly web sources.  All sources must be
cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 
Your presentation must be engaging and relevant to your audience.  Lines of text
on a slide will not be sufficient for this project.  It should contain images,
graphics, and/or multimedia that communicate your training clearly to your
audience.  For tips on creating an excellent presentation, read this overview.