Executive DMS Health Services Management

A University of Plymouth Executive MBA programme.

Programme Structure
The Executive DMS Health Services Management specialisation comprises four weekend taught modules. Executive course members study one module per weekend.

Assessment
Each module will be assessed by means of one written assignment that may relate to the course member’s place of work, and one written examination.

Programme Modules

Human Resource Management

Module Description
The role of management in organizations; the planning and decision making process, and managerial accountability and responsibility; the structure and design of organizations; the change process and identification of the social and ethical responsibilities of organizations and management. Problems of human motivation and methods of improving performance at work; human resource planning including recruitment and performance appraisal; the causes of conflict; the interrelationship between corporate cultures and methods of managing human resources; the impact on all management functions of good human relations.

Financial Analysis

Module Description
The importance of both financial and managerial accounting methodology; information in managerial decision-making; techniques and terminology applied to the structure of the company accounts and business transactions with particular emphasis on assessing profit and asset valuation; interpreting and analysing published financial statements; the internal managerial accounting requirements for effective decision-making, planning and control. The management problems of raising and deploying capital within the organization; the appraisal of investment and measurement of profitability; international financial management issues; capital budgeting and risk analysis.

Introduction to Health Services Management

Module Description
The historical development of health services and the various methods employed in the delivery of health care in the United Kingdom; the growth of public and private sector health services before the introduction of the NHS, the post-war construction of the Welfare State, and the various developments which have affected public and private sector health service provision and health care delivery since 1948. The way in which government policies concerning health care needs are formed; how government decision about health care funding are made and the regulatory and administrative mechanisms which governments use to manage health care delivery.

Health Services Environment

Module Description
The increasing emphasis on business planning, contracting and marketing in health related settings; the nature of and influences on health care organizations; the development of business plans in the context of annual national priorities and planning guidance; issues relating to contracting for health care; including contract type, contract negotiation and monitoring and control. The provision of health care resources by central government and the framework within which health authorities and NHS trusts operate; the issues and principles behind resource allocation; budgeting, budgetary control and budget construction.

Mode of Study
- Executive 2 Semesters (4 Weekends)
Intakes
- January
- February
- April
- May
- June
- September
- October
- November