Managing People in Healthcare Organisations

Overview

Overview

This short course covers three interrelated subject areas: Management and organisational behaviour, human resource management, and organisation development.

Throughout the course, there is a strong focus on creating a learning environment that enables students to:

• Explore and analyse best practice models, theories and approaches for each subject area.
• Reflect on and apply best practice in the context of their own organisation and experience.
• Develop the knowledge and skills needed to manage people, teams and change in healthcare settings.

By the end of the course, participants should:

• Understand and apply theories of organisational behaviour at group and individual level.
• Understand key human resource management theories, models and activities, and be able to apply them to organisational settings.
• Understand and be able to apply theories of organisation development and change to organisational settings.
• Enhance knowledge and understanding of best practice in managing people in healthcare systems.

Date, Time, and Place

This short course is delivered over two blocks of time, each four weeks-long and run on a Thursday or Friday. Block 1 (Management and Organisational Behaviour; Organisation Development) will commence in November 2023. Block 2 (Human Resource Management) is scheduled to start in March 2024. 

Classes are taught through a combination of tutorials that are live online; pre-recorded; and live on the Trinity campus. Precise dates on delivery modes can be provided to interested applicants on request.

For more information, email: mscinhsm@tcd.ie