HC 650: Health Care Leadership & Change
Contact Information
Professor:
Term: G6
2020
Dr. Penelope Nall
Email:
Phone:
pnall@limestone.edu
828/429-7025
Preferred method of contact is:
Course Messages or e-mail inside
your Blackboard Class
Office Hours: N/A Online Class
Please contact me using the message system inside your Blackboard class. I check this
site daily and will get back to you within 24 hours.
Instructional Materials
Textbook:
Sims, P., & George, B. (2007). True north: Discover your authentic leadership
(warren bennis signature series). Jossey Bass.
Ledlow, G. R., & Stephens, J. H. (2018). Leadership for health professionals: Theory, skills,
and applications. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Supplemental Articles, Videos and Web Links:
We may use a set of supplemental materials taken from external sources. Links for the
supplemental materials can be found on BlackBoard in the weekly sections.
Course Description
The broad challenges of health care leadership in the 21st century encompasses a
number of dilemmas that must be acknowledged, managed and addressed by skilled
health care leaders. In this course, students will explore the dilemmas, role and
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competencies required of a health care administrator in leading organizational change.
Students will examine various leadership theories and approaches, learn to create and
implement vision, and develop strategies for sustaining change in the ever-evolving
health care industry. Prerequisites: BA500
Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, the student can demonstrate the
ability to understand and apply key organizational behavior concepts as
described by the learning outcomes:
 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of various leadership theories and
approaches.
 Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for leadership attributes,
skills and principles for success in today’s complex health care industry.
 Conduct a self-analysis of various personal assessments; such as,
personality test, motivational methods, and personal styles.
 Demonstrate leadership skills in creating and implementing vision
 Identify strategies for sustaining change in the ever-evolving health care
industry.
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WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1: Defining Leadership & Determining Your Own Leadership Style
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapters 1, 2 and 4 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapter 1 (and exercise in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 2: Health Care Leadership Challenges – Today vs. The Next Decade
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapters 3 and 13 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapters 2-3 (and exercises in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 3: Leadership Competence
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapters 5-6 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapters 4-5 (and exercises in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 4: Leadership Assessment, Research and Models in Practice
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapters 7-8 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapters 6-7 (and exercises in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 5: Leadership, Organizational Culture and Change
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapter 9 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapter 8 (and exercise in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 6: Understanding the Executive Roles of Health Leadership
 Assigned Reading:
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o Chapters 12, 15, and 17 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapters 9 (and exercise in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 7: Information, Decisions and Creating a Knowledge Culture: The 4 Ps of Health
Analytics Adoption
 Assigned Reading:
o Chapter 16 of Leadership for Health Professionals
o Chapter 10-11 (and exercises in Appendix C) of True North
 Discussion Board
 Written Assignment
Week 8: Personal Leadership Development Assessment
 Assigned Reading:
o Pages 238-240 of True North - Epilogue Exercise: Personal Leadership
Development Plan
 Personal Leadership Development Plan
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Major Course Requirements
Class Participation
 Format: Weekly Threaded Discussions - All posts are due by Sunday at 12:00am.
See Graduate Online Discussion Rubric for all discussion expectations. Please
note: All discussion postings require at least one reference and citation.
 Frequency: Initial response to 1 question per week and 2 peer responses per
week, for a total minimum responses of three.
 Key Deliverables: Show individual understanding of class ideas, integration of
class material & personal/professional experience.
 Note: All responses should be thoughtful. Comments such as “I agree” or
“great idea” are nice but do not count as thoughtful. Responses should be at
least a paragraph in length and should reflect depth and detail. Using
acceptable references will help in keeping your work professional. Note: Wiki
type references are never acceptable.
Written Assignments
 Format: Weekly Written Assignments – All assignments are due by Sunday at
12:00am. A reference page is required with at least 2 peer-reviewed references
(non-Wiki). The textbook may be used as a reference. All listed references must
be cited within the body of your paper. APA formatting is required, and a title
page is required for weekly written assignments. See below under “Paper
Submissions” for additional details on format requirements.
 Length: Unique to each assignment. Details about length are posted in
BlackBoard.
 Key Deliverables: Show individual understanding of class ideas, integration of
class material & personal/professional experience.
Personal Leadership Development Plan
 Format: The Personal Leadership Development Plan is due on the last day of
class. It should be saved in MS Word or .PDF format and uploaded into
Blackboard. At least 2 peer-reviewed references (non-Wiki) are required and
your assigned textbooks may be included. All listed references should be cited
within the body of your paper. The paper should not simply be a review of
printed material. The focus should be on synthesizing and reporting what you
have learned over the duration of the course and applying it to plan your own
personal development. All plans will be checked for originality by your
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professor through SafeAssign. Large sections of cut-and-pasted text and/or
personal, unsupported opinions are not acceptable. See below under “Paper
Submissions” for additional details on format requirements.
 Length: The Personal Leadership Development Plan should be 5-7 pages (doublespaced), excluding the title page, appendices, or references.
 Key Deliverables: Show individual understanding of class ideas, integration of
class material & personal/professional experience.
Course Policies
Late Work Policy:
Assignments must be submitted no later than Sunday at 12:00am of the week
indicated in the syllabus. Late work will not be accepted and graded as a zero.
If you are having difficulties, please communicate with me before the assignment is
due. Students may avoid a zero for assignments by communicating with the professor
sooner than later. Unless a prior arrangement is made, any late work will be graded
zero.
Online Discussion Policy:
In order to create an effective learning experience for everyone, it is expected that
everyone will treat everyone in the class with respect. This includes allowing everyone
to express their opinion/thoughts fully and without fear of criticism.
Teaching Strategies:
The class will be conducted with discussions and outside readings. Weekly discussion
topics will challenge student thinking. This is not a lecture course. Students must read
the instructional materials.
Grading & Rubrics:
Rubrics for each assignment can be found in the weekly drop box for each assignment.
Your written assignments will be graded on punctuation, grammar, presentation and
original content, per assignment instructions and rubrics that are included with the
assignment.
HC 650 – Health Care Leadership & Change
Paper Submissions:
All papers submitted for this class will adhere to the APA manuscript style. They will
consist of a title page, the body of the paper, and a references page. A title page is
required for weekly written assignments.
A title page contains three items: a running head (a short version of the title), the
paper's title, and the author's name. The running title appears in the top left corner of
every page, including the title page, across from the page number which is placed on
the right. The title, the author's name, and the author's affiliation (or course and
section number) appear in the center of the title page.
The body of the paper shall be double-spaced with the running head appearing in the
top left corner of each page, across from the page number. The full title also appears,
but only on the first page of the work. For subsequent pages, the running head is the
only "title" present. New paragraphs should be indented and there should not be an
extra blank line between paragraphs.
The references page also has the running head and page number. Sources should be
alphabetized by the author's last name (or, for sources without authors, by the first
letter in the title) and the second line of each source should be indented a half inch
(the first line is not indented). This is called a hanging indent. Important Note:
References such as Wikipedia or an “Pedia” type Website are not allowed and use of
them in your work can result in a significantly reduced grade for the work).
All pages of the paper will utilize:
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1" margins on all sides.
Utilize a times new roman 12-point font size.
Use standard double-spacing.
Left-align text. Do not right-justify.
There should be no subtitles or spaces between paragraphs within the paper.
When citing a quote of more than four lines, you should indent the entire
quoted passage 10 spaces from the left margin.
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Course Evaluation and Grading Criteria
The course consists primarily of lectures, class discussions, research, and written
assignments. Class participation is expected and is one component of the final grade.
Course Assignment
Discussion Board
Written Assignments
Personal Leadership
Development Plan
Value
20%
50%
30%
Grading Criteria
Grade
GPA
90% and above
A
4.0
80-89%
B
3.0
70–79%
C
2.0
69% and below
F
0.0
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