Managing for Quality

Snapshot

Courses available:

Academic award	SCOTCAT award	Academic status	Course length
This module can be undertaken on a stand-alone basis or as part of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing (Palliative Care)(BNPC)	20 points at Level 3 (SHE)	Undergraduate	200 hours of student effort (including assessment)

Academic School:

Distance Learning Centre (Nursing & Palliative Care)

How to apply:

Visit the Distance Learning Centre webpage

Fees:

Please contact us for fees information (below).

Overview

To meet the expectations and needs of employers and patient / client groups, nurses need to develop a wide range of management skills. In particular they need to manage themselves in their different professional roles. This module focuses on enabling students to critically analyse management of themselves as professionals. This is then developed to reflect on their role in a team and also their role in the employing organisation.

Aims of the Module

To facilitate a reflective analysis of how you manage self, within the team and within the organisation.

Module Content

This module examines a range of themes:

Management theory: The four phases in the management cycle: planning; organising; implementing; and monitoring are briefly explored.
Management of self, which includes an examination of self appraisal methods.
Management of a team examining how your individual performance can influence another's, through using effective management skills and communication.
Management within an organisation reviews organisational structures and cultures, as well as how organisational goals are achieved, with a particular focus on the health care sector.

For further information please see the module information on www.dundee.ac.uk/medden/dlc/

Assessment

The module assessment is practice focused and aims to facilitate the development of professional practice. Students are encouraged to engage with self-assessment activities throughout the learning experience. Formative assessment enables students to develop practice and academic process skills through tutor feed-back.

Student Support

A text-based study guide is used to support learning for this module. The study guide helps the student make essential links between theory and practice and prepare for the module assessment. A dynamic tutorial support system operates with a tutor link to the module. Students are encouraged to use the tutorial system according to their need.