DISCUSSION: Nurs 6512 Health Leadership & Systems Thinking

Good, professional relationships between leaders and subordinates may factor into an organization’s success. For example, as a hospital director for a high-risk, neonatal unit, you may find that encouraging positive, professional relationships with subordinates from diverse backgrounds is important in maintaining employee efficiency and effectiveness. Your subordinates may also recognize a similar value in your professional relationship in order to receive direction, goal achievement, and/or rewards. In the field of health care administration, an emphasis on good, professional relationships may assist your leadership success across diverse landscapes of health care administration problems.

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This week, you examine two leadership perspectives: Leader-Member Exchange Theory as well as Social Network Theory. Think about how both theories may apply to health care administration leadership. You also continue to complete your Scholar-Practitioner Project: Health Care Administration Leadership Theory with the creation of a visual representation of your theory.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Compare Leader-Member Exchange with Social Network Theory

· Apply Leader-Member Exchange Theory to personal leadership theories

· Apply Social Network Theory to personal leadership theories

· Apply health care administration concepts and perspectives to create visual representations of leadership theories

Learning Resources

Required Readings

· Nahavandi, A. (2015). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Chapter 3, “The Foundations of Modern Leadership” (pp. 64-89)

· Sin, H., Nahrgang, J. D., & Morgeson, F. P. (2009) Understanding why they don’t see eye to eye: An examination of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement. Journal of Applied Pyschology, 94(4), 1048-1057.

· Van Dierendonck, D. (2011). Servant leadership: A review and synthesis. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1228-1261.

· Wilson, K. S., Hock-Peng, S., & Conlon, D. E. (2010). What about the leader in leader-member exchange? The impact of resource exchanges and substitutability on the leader. Academy of Management Review, 35(3), 358-372. Health Leadership & Systems Thinking Discussion

· Document: Scholar-Practitioner Project Overview (PDF)

Note: You will use this project overview to complete the remaining scholar-practitioner Assignments in Weeks 8 & 11.

Transcript of Scholar-Practitioner Project Overview

DDHA 8400: Health Leadership and Systems Thinking

Scholar-Practitioner Project Overview.

1. Many health care administration leaders are proactive and passionate about improving health in the

populations they serve. As such, an important aspect of the Walden University Doctor of Healthcare

Administration (DHA) program addresses how to lead, manage, and impact the well-being of

communities and health systems. As scholar-practitioners in this course, you are challenged to

develop your capabilities as a leader through developing a personal Health Care Administration

Leadership Theory that uses a systems thinking approach for improvement within the field of health

care administration.

2. This course includes a term-long, Scholar-Practitioner Project designed to promote positive social

change through the dissemination of information. This information highlights best practices in health

care administration leadership by addressing gaps within health care administration literature.

3. The Scholar-Practitioner Project Assignments highlighted below scaffold and complement the

Discussions and Assignments in the course. The work you do in Part 1 (Week 5) feeds the development of Part 2 (week 8). Parts 1 & 2 are used for Part 3(week 11.

Here is a summary of Scholarly-Practitioner Project Assignments:

Week & Title Assignment

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Week 5: Literature Review & Problem Statement

Literature Review & Problem statement (5-7 pages.

· Literature Review to Include:

· A synthesis of Literature of at least 10 peer-reviewed, scholarly resources that give the reader a good overview of the issue. The section should show the reader a common trends in health care administration leadership or critical areas of need for leadership in the field.

· A description of theoretical gaps in the research area. Based on the research you just in leadership, what seems to be missing?

Problem Statement to include:

· An explanation of specific problem that addresses identified gaps within the literature.

· An explanation of how your problem statement incorporates implications for positive social change. As students at Walden, you are preparing to become agents of social change. Based on your leadership topic, the research you just did, and the gaps you found, how would you be a social agent for change? Health Leadership & Systems Thinking Discussion

Week 8: Visual Representation of Health care Administration Leadership Theory.

Week 11:

Scholar-Practitioner Project: Health Care Administration Leadership Theory.

Visual Representation of Public Leadership Theory.