HOM 5391

Professor:

Dr. Timothy R. Huerta

Semester:

Spring 2008

Meeting Room:

ACB 240

Class Time:

Monday

    6:00 - 8:50


Last Revision:

June 11, 2009 12:59 PM

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course integrates and reviews of all M.B.A. core courses. It will include a comprehensive exam over all M.B.A. courses; evaluate individual management and leadership skills;.


COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course constitutes a concluding and integrative course for the HOM MBA. It is intended to provide an over-arching and synthetic frame for the disaggregated whole of the HOM MBA. It is a particular challenge in that the university expects that students in this course not only pass, but excel… evidenced by the requirement of no less that a B to graduate. It is therefore the expectation that students will not only demonstrate mastery of the material taught in this course, but also of the entire coursework outline that has brought you to this moment.


Put another way, graduates of this course are expected to have mastered the material necessary to pass the ACHE Board of Governors Exam.


The Board of Governors Exam is structured into 10 areas:

1.Governance and Organizational Structure

2.Human Resources

3.Finance

4.Healthcare Technology and Information Management

5.Quality and Performance Improvement

6.Laws and Regulations

7.Professionalism and Ethics

8.Healthcare

9.Management

10.Business


As a result, this course will be mapped similarly – with a particular focus on Governance and Organizational Structure, Laws and Regulations, Professionalism and Ethics, Management and Business.


Students will have developed a set of exercisable behavioral skills that enable an individual to function effectively in a top level/responsible management position.


This list of skills includes effective interpersonal communication, active listening, giving and receiving feedback, presentations, interviewing, team building and trust building, conflict management, resolution of ethical issues, situational team leadership and group facilitation.


REQUIRED COURSE TEXTS

  1. •Transforming Tobacco Control Through Systems Thinking: Integrating Research and Practice to Improve Outcomes. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph.
    Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication.

  2. •The Art of War – Sun Tzu: “The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on both military planning and beyond. The Art of War has also been applied, with much success, to business and managerial strategies.” (summary from Wikipedia) The Art of War is public domain, is accessible via the web in pdf, text and even audio formats

    Downloadable at: http://librivox.org/the-art-of-war-by-sun-tzu/

  3. •The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Website on Quality.
    http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/QualityandSafety.aspx


  5. •Reference Manual for the ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam Manual


  7. •ACHE Code of Ethics


  9. •Health Care Management Review Reader (see reading assignments for an abstract of each article)


DOWNLOAD MOST READINGS BY CLICKING THE

“STRATEGY READING.ZIP” TEXT


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SUPPLEMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

While not required reading, the following constitutes a comprehensive reading list for preparation for the ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam

  1. 1.Austin, C.J. and Howe, R.C. “Information Systems Management.” Taylor and Taylor (eds.) The AUPHA Manual of Health Services Management. Gaithersburg, MD.: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1994.

  2. 2.Austin, C.J. Information Systems for Health Services Administration (5th Ed.) Chicago: AUPHA Press/Health Administration Press, 1988.

  3. 3.Berman, H.J., Kukla, S.F., and Weeks, L.E. The Financial Management of Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1994.

  4. 4.Darr, K. Ethics in Health Services Management (3rd ed). Baltimore, Md.: Health Professions Press, 1997.

  5. 5.DeLuca, J. and Doyle, O. Health Care Information Systems: An Executive’s Guide for Successful Management. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, Inc., 1991.

  6. 6.Fottler, M.D., Hernandez, S.R., and Joiner C.L. Strategic Management of Resources in Health Services Organizations (2nd ed.) Albany, NY: Delmar Publishing, 1994.

  7. 7.Griffith, J.R. The Well-Managed Health Care Organization (4th ed.). Chicago. Health Administration Press, 1999.

  8. 8.Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Guide to Effective Health Care Information and Management Systems and the Role of the Chief Information Office. Chicago: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 1994.

  9. 9.Hillestad, S.G. and Berkowitz, E.N. Health Care Marking Plans: From Strategy to Action. Homewood, Ill., Dow Jones-Irwin, 1984.

  10. 10.Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook. Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.: JCAHO, 1996

  11. 11.Kongstvedt, P. The Managed Care Handbook (3rd ed.) Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications, Inc., 1996.

  12. 12.Kotler, P. and Clarke, R.N. Marking for Health Care Organizations, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1987.

  13. 13.Lawler, E.E. High Performance Management. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1986.

  14. 14.Rakich, J., Longest, B., and Darr, K. Managing Health Services Organizations (3rd Ed.) Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993.

  15. 15.Reeves, P.N. and Coile, R.C. Introduction to Health Planning (4th Ed.) Arlington, CA: Information Resources Press, 1989.

  16. 16.Shortell, S.M. and Kaluzny, A.D. Health Care Management Organization Design and Behavior (3rd Ed.) Albany, NY: Delmar Publishing.

  17. 17.Shortell, S.M., Morrison, E.M. and Friedman, B. Strategic Choices for America’s Hospitals: Managing Change in Turbulent Times. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992.

  18. 18.Showalter, J.S. Southwick’s The Law of Healthcare Administration (3rd Ed.) Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1999.

  19. 19.Showalter, JS and Reams, BD (eds.) The Law of Hospital and Healthcare Administration Cases and Materials. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1993.

  20. 20.Suver, J.D., Neuman, B.R., and Boles, K.E. Management Accounting for Health Care Organizations (3rd Ed.) Westchester, Ill.: Healthcare Financial Management Association, 1992.


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