HCM5003: Concepts and Leadership Theories in Health and Care
Leadership Consultancy Portfolio
Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Concepts and Leadership Theories in Health and Care assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
- Examine the role and importance of traditional and more recent leadership theories and concepts for the health and care setting.
- Analyse the value of using theoretical models when building an effective leadership team in a health and care setting.
- Explain the role of leaders, the relevance of leadership styles and desired leadership personality characteristics in leading change in health and care settings.
- Discuss recommendations on how to lead teams during transitional periods in a health and care setting to achieve maximum organisational performance.
Graduate attribute: Discipline expertise
Knowledge and understanding of the chosen field. Possess a range of skills to operate within this sector, have a keen awareness of current developments in working practice being well-positioned to respond to change.
All learning outcomes must be met to pass the module
Guidance
Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Harvard. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.
Maximum word count: 3,000 words Please refer to the full word count policy which can be found in the Student Policies section here: The word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. All other printed words ARE included in the word count.
Students who exceed the wordcount up to a 10% margin will not be penalised. Students should note that no marks will be assigned to work exceeding the specified limit once the maximum assessment size limit has been reached.
Assignment Task
Leadership Consultancy Portfolio
You are commissioned to write a leadership consultancy portfolio for an organisation of your choice, where the service is listed on the Care Quality Commission UK (CQC) website as 'requires improvement'.
Familiarise yourself with the inspection judgement of your chosen organisation and explore the relevant concepts and theories of leadership.
Portfolio Requirements:
Introduction (500 words)
Include an analysis of organisational culture and relevant leadership theories
- (500 words)
Organisational Presentation (500 words)
Present the health/care organisation undergoing change, in need of the right type of leadership to drive this change
- (500 words)
Concepts Report (1000 words)
Cover selection, recruitment, organisational missions, visions and objectives as well as organisational scanning tools such as PESTEL
- (1000 words)
Board Advice (1000 words)
Provide recommendations to the organisation's board on the leadership development suggestions they should pursue and why
- (1000 words)
Key Requirement
You are required to advise the board of directors about what decisions the company should make and why, in order to implement the right type of leadership for organisational improvement so that the subsequent re-inspection would confidently amend the outcome to 'good'.
- (3000 words)
- (100 marks)
- (LOs: 1, 2, 3, 4 & GA)
End of assignment