2014|Student Guide MANAGEMENT This publication was made possible in part through the support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the US Government. USAID reserves a royalty-free nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use the work for Government purposes. SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Module: Management This module provides learners with an understanding of the skills needed to manage a One Health initiative, including: Planning for staffing, budget and resources. Implementing policies and procedures needed to guide and support the day-to-day operation of the initiative. Managing and monitoring the initiative to maximize effectiveness of One Health actions and the achievement of desired health outcomes. Problem-solving and taking corrective action during the initiative, as well as learning and sharing post–project. Ensuring the safety and well-being of the One Health team. There are seven sessions in this module: Time/Length Topic/Activity 0 minutes Introduction to One Health Management Work Plans: The Key to Successful One Health Initiative 120 minutes Management Policies and Procedures: The Key to Guiding and Supporting One 120 minutes Health Initiatives 180 minutes Tools for Managing One Health Initiatives 90 minutes Monitoring Implementation to Achieve Outcomes 120 minutes Managing Team Safety and Well-being 60 minutes Learning Reflections and Evaluation 1|Page Module: Management Module Competencies Competency #1 Understand the difference between managing and leading and the importance of each to a successful One Health initiative. Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Understand the different roles an individual plays in a One Health initiative through its project life cycle, including: Managing to create predictability and ensure that results are produced. Leading to create positive disruption and large-scale change. Competency #2 Develop work plans to monitor and achieve progress. Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Create work plans that are designed to achieve outcomes with: Clearly identified activities/tasks and outcomes. Staffing, budget and resources needed to achieve results. Timelines to ensure that sequential and parallel activities are completed so that the initiative is finished on time. Understand the relationships among the project scope, timelines, resources and quality of outcomes. Competency #3 Ensure policies, procedures and systems are in place to guide and support the Ohe Health initiative. Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Competency #4 Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Oversee implementation and monitor the initiative to maximize the effectiveness of One Health actions and desired health outcomes. Manage and monitor a One Health initiative to ensure that the initiative is: Understand the role that policies and procedures play in One Health initiatives. Define the elements for “good” policies and procedures. Competency #5 Overcome barriers, solve problems and apply corrective actions during the One Health initiative. Evaluate and share learnings post-initiative. 2|Page Tracking indicators. Achieving results and meeting outcomes. Demonstrating excellence, competence and professionalism. Operating within budget. On time. Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Ensure that One Health initiatives deliver results by: Identifying and overcoming barriers. Proactively addressing and solving problems. Adjusting plans and course correcting in response to changes and/or new information. SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Competency #6 Ensure the safety and wellbeing of the One Health team. Learning Objectives to Develop Competency Ensure the safety and well-being of the One Health team by: Preparing a communication and emergency action plan for the One Health team Monitoring the physical and mental health of One Health team members (e.g., nutrition, exercise, sleep, home/family issues for teams working extended hours or away from home). Providing mechanisms for stress reduction. Providing “employee assistance” support during and post initiatives. 3|Page 4|Page SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide INTRODUCTION TO ONE HEALTH MANAGEMENT Learning Objective: Understand the different roles one plays in a One Health initiative throughout the project life cycle by: Managing to create predictability and order to ensure results are produced. Leading to create positive disruption and large-scale change. Pre-work Prior to the first session, watch one of the following videos by John Kotter, a Harvard Business School professor who did ground-breaking work on the difference between management and leadership. Pre-work Video Option 1: The Differences between Management and Leadership Video Option 2 The Key Differences between Leading and Managing www.kotterinternational.com/our-principles/change-leadership First Management Assignment Imagine that your professor asked you to organize a one-day symposium for a visiting scholar. You are to invite everyone in the department and the leaders of the university. Individual Activity Write down all of the things you will need to do to make this event successful. You have 5 minutes. 5|Page Module: Management Class List of Tasks and Times Large Group Activity Step 1. Task 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Project Management Triangle 6|Page Time SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Role of the Manager What do you think? Large Group Discussion What do you feel is(are) the primary role(s) of a manager? Can you separate leadership and management? What has been your experience? Notes: 7|Page Module: Management Notes: 8|Page SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide WORK PLANS The Key to Successful One Health Initiative Management Learning Objective: Create work plans that are designed to achieve outcomes with: - Clearly identified activities/tasks and outcomes. - Required staffing, budget and resources to achieve results. - Timelines to ensure sequential and parallel activities are completed so that the initiative is finished on time. Understand the relationship among the project scope, timelines, resources and quality of outcomes. Designing Project Work Plans Lecture A project work plan answers the basic questions of: Why? – Why are we doing this initiative? What? – What is the work that needs to be performed to successfully complete the initiative? What are the major products/deliverables? Who? – Who will be involved and what will be their responsibilities within the initiative? How will they be organized? When? – What is the timeline and when will milestones be completed? Where? – Where is the One Health initiative taking place (e.g., the location)? These questions define the initiative’s scope, resources, schedule and the quality of outcomes (i.e., activity, service or product), also known as the “Project Management Triangle.” Key project management terms are: Schedule – The amount of time available to complete a project. Resources – Include people, equipment and materials. Scope – What must be done to achieve the initiative’s outcomes. Additional Notes from Lecture: 9|Page Module: Management Creating a Project Work Plan for a Meeting Challenge – Scrub Typhus Outbreak Planning Meeting Your Dean has asked you to quickly convene a group of One Health professionals to discuss how to respond to the threat of a scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) outbreak. The Dean just finished a conference call with representatives from the Ministry of Health and Department of Ecology and Wildlife Protection in which they request help from your university saying that they are worried about the possibility of an outbreak of scrub typhus in the northern region. At the end of the class, record in the table on the next page the class’s decisions about how to plan the meeting. This will involve filling in each column. Notes: 10 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Work Planning Document Initiative: Scrub Typhus Outbreak Planning Meeting Expected Outcomes: Step Category Activity/Task Begin Date End Date Responsible Individuals Status of Indicators Potential Risks and Mitigation Measures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 | P a g e Module: Management Work Plan for Response to a Scrub Typhus Outbreak Planning Meeting (continued) Step Category 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 12 | P a g e Activity/Task Begin Date End Date Responsible Individuals Status of Indicators Potential Risks and Mitigation Measures SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide 13 | P a g e Module: Management 14 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide The RACI Model Lecture Rarely does everyone on a team have the same understanding of who is responsible for what. RACI charts are a simple way to clarify roles and responsibilities, making sure that nothing is overlooked. RACI charts also eliminate duplicative efforts and confusion by assigning clear ownership for each task. Responsible. The person who performs the work. There must be at least one “R” for each task or activity. Accountable. The person ultimately accountable for the work or decision being made. The individual carries the “yes” or “no” authority and has full veto power for an activity. Only one “A” can be assigned to a task or activity and authority must accompany accountability. Some tasks or activities may not have an “A.” Consulted. Anyone who must be consulted prior to a decision being made and/or the task or activity being completed. There can be as many “C’s” as are appropriate in each row. Consulting involves two-way communication. Informed. Anyone who must be informed when a decision is made or work is completed. There can be as many “I’s” as are appropriate. Informed may only involve one-way communication. Checking a RACI Analysis Vertical Analysis Horizontal Analysis No empty columns No empty rows Too many R’s or A’s No R’s Qualifications Too many R’s or A’s Too many C’s Too many I’s A RACI Analysis Clarifies individual roles, responsibilities and hand-offs. Establishes expectations Eliminates duplication of efforts Improves internal and external communication On the next page, create a RACI analysis for the individuals in the scrub typhus outbreak work plan. 15 | P a g e Module: Management RACI Analysis Initiative: Planning Meeting to Respond to a Scrub Typhus Outbreak Functional Roles (list by name or role) Step Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 | P a g e Activity/Task SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide RACI Analysis for a Response to a Scrub Typhus Outbreak Planning Meeting (continued) Step Category Activity/Task Functional Roles (list by name or role) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 17 | P a g e Module: Management Notes and Reflections What do you think about: Creating work plans for One Health initiatives? Using a RACI analysis for One Health initiatives? 18 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The Key to Guiding and Supporting One Health Initiatives Learning Objective: Understand the role that policies and procedures play in One Health initiatives. Define the elements of “good” policies and procedures. Definitions and Importance of Policies and Procedures Large Group Discussion Graphic from: my.civilservice.gov.uk If policies are tools that set boundaries within which we operate, what value do they bring to: Universities? Government ministries? One Health initiatives? Procedures are a series of steps or actions that are used to accomplish specific tasks and are required for staff to follow. Given this definition, what do you think procedures add to a One Health initiatives? What makes a good policy and/or what makes a good procedure? Record your answers below. 19 | P a g e Module: Management One Health Policies and Procedures Small Group Activity Notes: 20 | P a g e Group 1 Task Find a health-related policy in your school, locality or nation. Summarize it and use the checklist from class to outline why you think it is a good policy or why you think it is not a good policy. Be prepared to discuss this. Group 2 Task Find a health-related procedure in your school, locality or nation. Summarize it and use the checklist from class to outline why you think it is a good procedure or why you think it is not a good procedure. Be prepared to discuss your conclusions. SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Think about… Large Group Discussion Are there any revisions we need to make to our checklist on what makes a good policy/procedure? How do you think policies/procedures benefit One Health initiatives? When managing a One Health initiative, what do you think will be the challenges of getting teams to follow policies/procedures Notes: 21 | P a g e Module: Management Notes: 22 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide TOOLS FOR MANAGING ONE HEALTH INITIATIVES Learning Objective: Ensure One Health initiatives delivers results by: Identifying and overcoming barriers. Proactively addressing and solving problems. Adjusting plans and correcting activities in response to changes and/or new information. Introduction to Six Sigma Lecture Six Sigma is a set of tools and techniques/strategies for process improvement. The Six Sigma process seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. At the core of Six Sigma is the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) process: Notes: 23 | P a g e Module: Management Six Sigma Tools From the list below, select a tool below that sounds interesting and which you would like to learn more about. You and your group have 60 minutes to research the tool and Small Group prepare a 10-minute presentation teaching the tool to the class. Activity 1. Affinity Diagram Define 2. Process Flow 1. Histogram Measure 2. Pareto Chart 1. 5-Why Analysis Analyze 2. Cause and Effect Diagram 3. Fishbone 1. Brainstorming Imrovement 2. Systems Diagram 1. CHECK Process Control Notes: 24 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Notes from Group Presentations Affinity Diagram Process Flow Chart Histogram Pareto Chart 5-Why Analysis Cause and Effect Diagram Fishbone Diagram Brainstorming W Why Why Why Why Systems Diagram CHECK Process Notes: 25 | P a g e Module: Management Notes: 26 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide MONITORING IMPLEMENTAITON TO ACHIEVE OUTCOMES Learning Objective: Manage and monitor a One Health initiative to ensure that the initiative is: Tracking indicators. Achieving results and meeting outcomes. Demonstrating excellence, competence and professionalism. Operating within budget. On time. Status of Indicators and Potential Risks and Mitigation Measures Individual Task Return to the work plan you developed earlier in this module for planning a meeting to respond to a scrub typhus outbreak. For each step, fill in the columns for: Status of Indicators Potential Risks and Mitigation Measures Addressing Obstacles and Challenges to the Work Plan Small Group Task Obstacle: You have 20 minutes to plan how you will adjust your project work plan given the obstacle on your card. Prepare a 5-minute report to share with the class. Notes: 27 | P a g e Module: Management Notes: 28 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide MANAGING TEAM SAFETY AND WELL-BEING Learning Objective: Ensure the safety and well-being of the One health team by: Pre-Work Preparing a communication and emergency action plan for the One Health team. Monitoring the physical and mental health of team members (e.g. nutrition, exercise, sleep, home/family issues for teams working extended hours or away from home). Providing mechanisms for stress reduction. Providing “employee assistance” support during and post initiatives. Daily Stress Diary HOMEWORK – (The Daily Stress Log will be submitted either by email or discussed in the last class.) The Daily Stress Log is a diary to record when you are feeling stressed in order to increase your awareness of what causes you stress. For two or three days before this class, note any and all activities that put a strain on your energy and time, trigger anger or anxiety, or precipitate a negative physical response. Also note your reactions to these stressful events. When you have completed a daily log for a few days, review the log and identify two or three stressful events or activities that you can modify or eliminate. It has been said that awareness is half the battle. As you track the events that happen during a day and notice patterns in which you find yourself getting more stressed, you can begin to take steps to make adjustments in those damaging patterns. The following is an example of a Daily Stress Log. Daily Stress Log Name:___________________________ Date:__________________ Time Place Source of Stress Tension Level* Coping Strategy 29 | P a g e Module: Management *Tension level: 1 = Slight 2 = Moderate 3 = Strong 4 = Intense Major source of stress today: ______________________________ Assessment of how you managed stress today: Emergency Action and Communication Plans Large Group Brainstorm Notes: 30 | P a g e Emergencies happen when they are least expected; therefore, preparation is key. The focus of the session is emergency communication plans. These plans allow a manager to lead a One Health team effectively and efficiently during a crisis. What should be included in an emergency communication plan? SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Stress Emergencies cause stress! But so do tight deadlines, over working, emerging pandemic threats! Keeping the team healthy is a critical role of management. One Health initiatives may involve working in different cultures, working away from family and friends, working across tight timelines, finding answer to problems that no one has yet defined. Each can cause stress. It is critical that One Health managers help team members recognize the signs of stress and develop ways to effectively manage the stress. To help a team manage stress, the manager needs to recognize it. Stress appears differently in different people (e.g., some people may lose weight while others gain weight, some may sleep too much and others get insomnia, etc.) The same situation can elicit a very different stress response in different individuals due to the individual’s perception of the experience. Therefore, assessing stress can be complex and challenging. Let’s look at a four “assessments” you can have people do. The four assessments and their descriptions are taken from: Weber University n.d. Self-Assessment. Retrieved from http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/healthclasses/1110/bookchapters/selfassessmentchapter.htm. The four assessments measure stress from a variety of perspectives: physiological indicators of stress, perceptions of stress, sources of stress. Assessing stress is a complex and challenging process. Each assessment is a piece of a puzzle. When put together, the pieces form a complete picture. Assessment #1: Physiological Stress Assessment Physiological measures of increased stress are increased heart rate and increased respiration rate. The average pulse rate for an adult is approximately 70 to 80 beats per minute. The average respiration rate is around 12 to 16 breaths per minute. A faster heart beat or breathing rate might be an indicator of higher than desired stress levels. Resting Heart Rate Breathing Pattern Respiration Rate How stressed are you feeling? ______ Beats per minute ____Abdomen _______Chest _______ Both ______ Breaths per minute Low 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 High Resting Heart Rate Check your resting heart rate (pulse) after you have been sitting or relaxing for a period of time. A watch or clock with a second hand (or digital seconds) is needed. First, find your pulse. The radial pulse is on the thumb side of the wrist or the carotid pulse is on the neck just under the jaw. For sixty seconds, count the number of beats that you feel. Place this number in the first line of the Assess Stress Table. 31 | P a g e Module: Management Breathing Pattern Next, find a chair that has a back to it. Sit so your back is straight up and down against the back of the chair. Place one hand on your abdomen with your palm covering your navel. Place your other hand on the upper part of your chest with the palm of that hand just above the heart. For a minute or two, become very aware of your breathing. While sitting straight up, notice your breath as it goes in and comes back out. Become aware of your hands as you breathe in and out. Which one seems to move more? Is it your abdominal hand or your chest hand? Or do they both move equally? Try this second technique to see if you get the same results. First, breathe out and empty your lungs. Count to three as you inhale deeply. Now, hold it. Did your shoulders go up? Did you feel like the air filled the upper part of your lungs? If so, you probably lean toward chest breathing. If you are a diaphragmatic breather, you would feel your abdominal area expand, your belt tighten, and fullness in the lower part of your lungs and chest. Record your results on the Assess Your Stress Table. Respiration Rate Now, for about a minute, become aware of your breathing again. This time, just count how many natural, effortless breaths you take in one minute. Be sure to breathe as normally and naturally as possible. Each inhalation and exhalation cycle is considered one breath. The number of breathes in one minute is your respiration rate. Record the number of breaths you take per minute in the Assess Your Stress table. How stressed are you feeling? Now, think about how you are feeling right now and circle a number from 1 to 10 with 1 being stress free to 10 being extreme stress. 32 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Assessment #2 - Physiological Symptoms of Stress Assessment How frequently do you find yourself experiencing such problems as headaches, problems going to sleep or staying asleep, unexplained muscle pain, jaw pain, uncontrolled anger and frustration? Using the table below, assess the frequency that you experience these common symptoms of stress. Symptoms Almost all day, every day Frequency of Symptoms Once Every or twice night or 2-3 times daily day per week Once a month Never Headaches Tense muscles, sore neck and back Fatigue Anxiety, worry, phobias Difficulty falling asleep Irritability Insomnia Bouts of anger/hostility Boredom, depression Eating too much or too little Diarrhea, cramps, gas, constipation Restlessness, itching, tics 33 | P a g e Module: Management Assessment #3 - Perceived Stress Scale A more precise measure of personal stress can be determined by using a variety of instruments that have been designed to help measure individual stress levels. The first of these is called the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The PSS is a classic stress assessment instrument. This tool, originally developed in 1983, remains a popular choice for helping us understand how different situations affect our feelings and our perceived stress. The questions in this scale ask about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case, you will be asked to indicate how often you felt or thought a certain way. Although some of the questions are similar, there are differences between them and you should treat each one as a separate question. The best approach is to answer fairly quickly. That is, don’t try to count up the number of times you felt a particular way; rather indicate the alternative that seems like a reasonable estimate. For each question, choose from the following alternatives: 0 - never 1 - almost never 2 - sometimes 3 - fairly often ____ 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____ 9. ____ 10. 4 - very often In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly? In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life? In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and stressed? In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems? In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way? In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do? In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life? In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things? In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things that happened that were outside of your control? In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them? Figuring your PSS score: You can determine your PSS score by: Reverse the scores for questions 4, 5, 7 and 8. On these four questions, change the scores like this: 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1, 4 = 0. Add up the scores for each item to get a total. My total score is ______. Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress. 34 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide Scores ranging from 0 to 13 are considered low stress. Scores ranging from 14 to 26 are considered moderate stress. Scores ranging from 27 to 40 are considered high perceived stress. The Perceived Stress Scale is interesting and important because your perception of what is happening in your life is most important. Consider the idea that two students, John and Dan, could have the exact same events and experiences in their lives for the past month. Depending on their perception, John’s total score could put him in the low stress category and Dan’s total score could put him in the high stress category. Consider the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” In looking at all four assessments, what do they tell you about: Recognizing your stress level and how to managing it? How to help others recognize their stress level and create a plan to manage their stress? Notes: 35 | P a g e Module: Management Notes: 36 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide LEARNING REFLECTIONS AND EVALUATION Learning Objective: To reflect on learnings in the Management Module. To get feedback from participants on what they felt were the strengths of the module and which areas in the module could be improved. Evaluate/ Create How would you rate your level of the following Management Module competencies: Apply Individual Learning Assessment Understand Self-Assessment Understand the difference between managing and leading and the importance of each to a successful One Health initiative. Develop work plans to plan and monitor progress. Ensure policies, procedures and systems are in place to guide and support the initiative. Oversee implementation and monitor the initiative to maximize effectiveness of One Health actions and desired health outcomes. Overcome barriers, solve problem and apply corrective actions during One Health initiatives. Evaluate and share learning post initiative. Ensure safety and well-being of the One Health Team. Write down two or three things that you learned from the session. Think about: What was new or surprising to you? What have you changed your mind about? What are you still unsure about? What was interesting to you/what would you like to study in more detail? Are there new behaviors that you will try based on this class? What topics from the class will you share with others outside the class? 37 | P a g e Module: Management Notes: Sharing the Learning In a small group, share: Your key learnings from the module. Small Group How you will apply the concepts, knowledge, skills you gained from the module. Discussion Notes: 38 | P a g e SEAOHUN One Health Course - Student Guide ADDITIONALREFERENCES Included in the Resource Folder Lunenburg, Fred. “Leadership versus Management: A Key Distinction – At Least in Theory,” International Journal of Management, Business and Administration, Volume 14, Number 1, 2011. Schweikhart, Sharon A., and Dembe, Allard, “The Applicability of Lean and Six Sigma Techniques to Clinical and Translational Research,” J Investig Med. 2009 October; 57(7): 748-755. “Stress at Work,” www.helpguide.org. Additional Resources Goleman, D. (2011). HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People. United States: Harvard Business School Publishing Company. Harvard Business Review. Craig, J. C. (2012). Project Management Lite: Just Enough to Get the Job Done…Nothing More. North Charleston, SC: Create Space. Kotter, J. P. (2008). A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management. New York, New York: Free Press. MindTools, “Birkinshaw’s Four Dimensions of Change Management: Developing an Appropriate Management Model,” Available free online at www.mindtools.com. 39 | P a g e