Week 8 – Assignment: Examine a Theory of Management through Leadership

Instructions

Select and research a leadership theory you feel relates to how you engage with others and is applicable to the management concepts presented in this course. Examples include transformational leadership, transactional leadership, emotional intelligence, servant leadership, and situational leadership. Assume you are meeting with potential investors for your organization. They want to be sure your organization’s mission aligns with theirs as well, based on theory.

Be sure to include the following in your presentation:

Identify and describe the leadership theory you prescribe to.

Present evidence as to why this specific theory is applicable to healthcare administration.

Apply the concepts of the theory to the managerial topics of this course to support your findings for your audience:

Change Management

Strategic Planning

Staff Motivation and Control

Communication

Staff Training

Determine and address potential challenges you may face in applying your leadership theory to these managerial topics.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least five scholarly sources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 15-20 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 150-200 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style.

Video for additional help:

Becoming an Outstanding Leader and Manager

directed by Pam Hervey, fl. 2011; produced by Briefings Media Group and Fuel Creative, in Essential Skills for Managers' Success (Bethesda, MD: Columbia Books, 2013, originally published 2013), 1 hour 2 mins.

Criteria

Identified and described the leadership theory (3 points).

Presented evidence as to why the specific theory is applicable to healthcare administration (2 points).

Applied all stated concepts of the theory to the indicated managerial topics (5 points).

Determined and addressed potential challenges in applying the identified leadership theory to the listed managerial topics (5 points).

Included speaker notes for each slide, animations, transitions, and graphics. Included a minimum of five scholarly references, with appropriate APA formatting applied to citations and paraphrasing. Presentation is 15-20 slides long (5 points).

(Total Points 20)