The following topics will be dealt with at gatherings during the autumn and spring semester　

Organization and Management　

Here the focus will be on the leadership role, leadership style and leadership tasks. The emphasis here is to give students insight and knowledge into various management theories that are relevant in relation to a health organization in order for the students to gain a better theoretical foundation to be able to feel more secure in their own leadership role to a larger extent. Practical leadership tools will also be dealt with. The objective is to master these tools, know their possible uses and limitations and be able to apply them when a relevant practical job situation calls for it. 　

Health Management　

This course module focuses on what it means to have a leadership role within the health sector. What is special about being an executive and an employee within a health organization? The health service is a knowledge organization in which highly advanced technology is very often used in the treatment of patients. Traditionally, the health service has been segmented where the main focus has been on the individual health professional’s own interests. An important objective for this module is to raise the awareness of participants and to update their knowledge to enable them to cooperate in teams to a greater degree, irrespective of profession or ward/department towards a common goal which is the patient’s best interest. Uniform management versus the traditional dual management will be given special attention,　

Personnel Management　

The focus here will be on the daily interaction between executives and employees in a practical job situation within a health organization. The emphasis here is on the fact that the employee constitutes the organization’s most important resource, and that the executive must aim to get the job done through effective use of his/her co-workers. The organization’s personnel policy, its work environment and the personal satisfaction and contentment each worker derives from coming to work as well as the job motivation among employees will be given special attention. The care and attention which executives devote to their employees, both in terms of the day-to -day work situation as well as the more long-term need for competence development will be a central issue here. The most relevant labour law topics will also be dealt with here.　

Finance Management　

Students shall be given an introduction to central financial dilemmas and concepts that will be useful and necessary in order for them to function as executives of a department/performance unit. An important goal here is that the middle managers within the health service shall be proficient in the use of financial concepts and terms to be able to communicate with the top senior management executives and professional economists in a finance department. To establish a good interactive climate between economists working as advisers as part of the staff (for example in the finance department) and executives as decision-makers in a line-organization will be given special attention. Special attention is given to the matter of ensuring that executives shall develop the necessary skills as regards required planning work at department level within a health organization. Students shall also learn practical skills with regard to formulating a department budget, budget management throughout the budget year followed by a budget evaluation at the end of the budget year. 　

Project Work related to Management　

Project work in management aims to put the relevant theories and tools featured in the course to practical use through a relevant project work. The students will select a project assignment that is related to a concrete job situation in their own health organization. Relevant factors shall be debated that may provide suitable suggestions for improving the participants’ leadership roles. The project assignment can be done individually or in groups, but must be related to relevant leadership challenges, It is important that the completed project dissertation shall provide concrete, creative suggestion with regard to improvement measures. The dissertation topic must be cleared with the dissertation adviser who will provide guidance and advice either individually or in groups throughout the course Dissertation length: Max 25 pages exclusive of appendices.