School of Nursing

SNPG902 Effective Management in Health

Spring 2017

Details of Assessment Tasks

2. Assessment task 2

Assessment Title – Management Reflective Journal

Task Description

Select incidents from the present or the past and ‘journal’ these incidents fully in a diary. You may journal one (1) important incident that has made an impact on you personally, or you may journal an ongoing process at work as it unfolds.

Research Theory

Analysis of Journal

The analysis of the journal involves identifying the major and minor themes that can be identified within the journal. For example, you may identify a personality clash as a major theme and then identify anger and anxiety as minor themes.

Reflection

The journal is a record of your reflections. As such it should include your thoughts on the incidents, your feelings, and your insights through the analysis of the incidents.

Linking to Theory

When the themes have been uncovered and you have discussed these about your thoughts and feelings you should try to locate these themes in the literature of theorists – publications from texts and journals. Does the theoretical information support your feelings about the incidents?

Suggestion

The Journal ideally should be formatted at the beginning of the semester and then make your entries each week. Your entries should include incidents you have encountered that have good, neutral, or bad outcomes together with a critical discussion of the entry.

Media Law & Ethics

Each student will design their own Management Journal.

The student is expected to record evidence of their learning. This evidence may include critical management incidents, a brief case study, research of a particular practice issue, the meaning of new management techniques, and/or professional development. The evidence provided by the student within this section should provide evidence that they have implemented a critical thinking approach to their nursing management, and can demonstrate their decision-making (recognizing and defining a problem, gathering relevant information, generating possible conclusions, testing possible conclusions, and reaching appropriate decisions).

The student should reflect upon their experience within this study management theory and practice, and provide a statement regarding what personal attributes they have gained during study. A reference list shall be submitted at the end of the Management Journal.

There is an example included in the Assessment 2 section of the Moodle space

Assessment Due Date – Wednesday 11 October 2017

Return Date to Students

Release of Results

Assessment Length – 3000 words limit

Weighting – 50%

Assessment Criteria -This assessment will be marked with the assessment criteria on the following page:

Aims of Assignment – 20% Reflection – 20%

Action – 20%

Theory – 20%

Presentation – 20%

Referencing Style

Author – Date (Harvard)

A summary of the Harvard system can be accessed in the online guide on the Library website at: http://public01.library.uow.edu.au/refcite/style- guides/HTML/

Submission

Your assignment will be submitted into a Turnitin submission box within the SNPG902 Moodle site. You will have the opportunity to review and re-submit your assignment up to the due date and time.

To learn more about how to use Turnitin please access the resources at the following link: http://www.uow.edu.au/dvca/ltc/tel/resourcehub/students/index.html

IT Ethics

Subject Learning Outcomes Assessed

1. Identify and critically appraise theories of management to locate management issues as they arise;
2. Demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of theories of personal development towards effective leadership and values-based management;
3. Demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of personality differences in perception and decision-making in the healthcare sector;
4. Recognize and analyze personal changes in health care settings as well as respond to change within the organization and changing management goals within the organization;
5. Critically evaluate multi-cultural factors in health care settings;
6. Establish effective channels of communication with senior health sector personnel to assist professional networking and effective leadership;
7. Plan the effective use of personnel’s time within the work environment.