Employers Generally Include Management Leadership
You need to be aware of the intertwining nature of management and leadership as you look for a management position. Traditionally, leadership is viewed as a subset of management. Management without leadership lacks inspiration to drive change. Employers generally include management skills and leadership expectations within job applications and descriptions. After this week you should be able to discern the difference between management skills versus management traits.
View the following job responsibilities for a health care management position:
- Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
- Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.
- Directs the delivery of safe and appropriate patient care governed by evidence based clinical and management practice.
- Ensures team compliance with departmental policies, regulatory requirements and professional standards; keeps policies and procedures up-to-date and participates in revisions as needed.
- Promotes, and is accountable for customer satisfaction, process indicators, quality improvement plans and outcomes in work unit.
- Researches, evaluates, selects and implements systems which improve efficiency of work unit operations.
- Supports and assists the growth of existing or new business/programs (Indeed.com, 2018)
Identify at least 3 keywords or phrases found within the job posting that represent a management skill or characteristic, then explain why each keyword identified is a management skill or characteristic.
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Identify at least 3 keywords or phrases found within the job posting that represent a leadership skill or characteristic, then explain why each keyword identified is a leadership skill or characteristic.
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Please note that your answers should not duplicate for leadership and management portion and distinction between leadership traits and management traits must be displayed.
**Do not add on none of your papers in this course will require a running head or document headings/paragraph headings.
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References
Indeedcom. (2016). Patient Care Manager Pain Management. Retrieved from
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Healthcare%20Management&l=St.%20Louis%2
C%20MO&start=10&vjk=571554df71f9a1ef