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Course syllabus - Management, Teams and Organizations in Health and Social Welfare
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
PSA309
Valid from
Autumn semester 2013
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Work Life Studies, Science of Public Health, Social Work, Physiotherapy, Caring Science
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2013-02-06
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
The Impact of New Public Management on Efficiency: An Analysis of Madrid's Hospitals
Health Policy, 2015, 119 (3), 333-340,
Survival strategies in social work: a study of how coping strategies affect service quality, professionalism and employee health
Nordic Social Work Research, 2014, 4(1), 52-66,
Typical situations for managers in the Swedish public sector: Cluster analysis of working conditions using the Job Demands-Resources Model
International Public Management Journal, 2012, 15(1), 100-130,
Accountable and countable: Information management systems and the bureaucratization of social work
British Journal of Social Work, 2009, 39(7), 1326-1342,
New Public Management in public sector organizations: The dark sides of managerialistic enlightenment
Public Administration, 2009, 87(4), 892909,
A public management for all seasons?
Public administration,1991, 69(1), 3-19,
Social loafing: Research findings, implications, and future directions
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1995, 4, 134-140,
Leadership development as an intervention in occupational health psychology
Work & Stress, 2010, 24(3), 260-279,
Implementing health-promoting leadership in municipal organizations: managers' experiences with a leadership program
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015, 5(1), 93-114,
Workplace health promotion and working conditions as determinants of employee health
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2014, 7(2), 89-104,
Conducting organizational-level occupational health interventions: What works?
Work & Stress, 2010, 24(3), 234-259,
The concept of collaborative health
Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2010, 24 (6), 644-652,
Systematizing person-group relations (SPGR) A field theory of social interaction
Small Group Research, 2007, 38(5), 615-635,
Discovery of hidden profiles by decision-making groups: Solving a problem versus making a judgment
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1992, 63, 426-434,
The work of managers: Towards a practice theory of management
Oxford University Press, 2012
Wallin, L., Pousette, A., & Dellve, L.Span of control and the significance for public sector managers job demands: A multilevel study
Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2014, 35(3), 455-481,
Illusions of team working in health care. Journal of Health Organization and Management
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2013, 27(1), 134-142,
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Books
Överlevnadsstrategier i socialt arbete: Hur påverkar copingstrategier kvalitet och hälsa?
Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 19 (4), 2013
Relationer som arbete : förutsättningar för omsorgsfulla möten i hemtjänsten
Stockholm : Arbetslivsinstitutet, cop. 2003 - [8], 65 s.
ISBN: 91-7045-678-X LIBRIS-ID: 9056353
Läkarkåren en profession med allt mindre stöd och inflytande. Enkätstudie av svenska läkares arbetsmiljö 1992 och 2010
Läkartidningen vol. 108, No 50, 2011
Typical situations for managers in the Swedish public sector: Cluster analysis of working conditions using the Job Demands-Resources Model.
International Public Management Journal, 15 (1), 2012
Evidence-based management. Concept clean cleanup time?
Academy of Management Perspectives, 23, 2009
Lets dance: Organization studies medical sociology and health policy
Social Science and Medicine, 2012
New Public Management in public sector organizations: The dark sides of managerialistic enlightenment
Public Administration Vol. 87, No. 4, 2009
Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performance
Boston, Mass: Harward Business School Press, 2002
Offentligt ledarskap : om förändring, förnyelse och nya ledarideal
Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2003 - 244 s.
ISBN: 91-44-02778-8 : LIBRIS-ID: 8890561
Chefskapets förutsättningar och konsekvenser. Metoder och resultat från CHEFiOS projektet - slutrapport del 1.
ISM-rapport 14:1, 2014
URL: Link
Leadership development as an intervention in occupational health psychology
Work & Stress, 24, 2010
A manger in the minds of doctors:a comparison of mew modes of control in European hospitals
BMC Health Services Research, 13, 2013
Kunskapsöversikt : den goda arbetsmiljön och dess indikatorer
Stockholm : Arbetsmiljöverket, 2012 - 60 s.
URL: Fulltext
Tystnadens förvaltning
Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen, 2001
Evidence is poor that financial incentives in primary care improve patients wellbeing: Cochrane review finds
British Medical Journal,
Conducting organizational-level occupational health interventions: What works?
Work & Stress, 24, 2010
Managers perceptions of the manager role in relation to physicians: al qualitative interview study of the top managers in Swedish healthcare
BMC Health Services Research, 10, 2010
Reference
Arbets- och organisationspsykologi : individ och organisation i samspel
Stockholm : Natur & Kultur, 2012 - 464 s.
ISBN: 91-27-11905-X (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11496422
Bortom New Public Management : institutionell transformation i svensk sjukvård
1. uppl. : Lund : Academia adacta, 2008 - 230 s.
ISBN: 9789189300194 LIBRIS-ID: 10860664
Skriv vetenskapliga uppsatser och avhandlingar med stöd av IT och Internet
4., [bearb.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2000 - x, 254 s.
ISBN: 91-44-01000-1 ; 399:00 LIBRIS-ID: 8352788
Other Materials
Därutöver kan tillkommande litteratur i form av vetenskapliga artiklar hänvisas av resp. föreläsare.
Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd,
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Books
One hundred years of inertia An exposé of the concept of the psychosocial work environment in Swedish Policy and Research
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 3, 2013
Relationer som arbete : förutsättningar för omsorgsfulla möten i hemtjänsten
Stockholm : Arbetslivsinstitutet, cop. 2003 - [8], 65 s.
ISBN: 91-7045-678-X LIBRIS-ID: 9056353
Läkarkåren en profession med allt mindre stöd och inflytande. Enkätstudie av svenska läkares arbetsmiljö 1992 och 2010
Läkartidningen vol. 108, No 50, 2011
Lets dance: Organization studies medical sociology and health policy
Social Science and Medicine, 2012
New Public Management in public sector organizations: The dark sides of managerialistic enlightenment
Public Administration Vol. 87, No. 4, 2009
Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performance
Boston, Mass: Harward Business School Press, 2002
Offentligt ledarskap : om förändring, förnyelse och nya ledarideal
Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2003 - 244 s.
ISBN: 91-44-02778-8 : LIBRIS-ID: 8890561
Leadership development as an intervention in occupational health psychology
Work & Stress, 24, 2010
A manger in the minds of doctors:a comparison of mew modes of control in European hospitals
BMC Health Services Research, 13, 2013
Evidence is poor that financial incentives in primary care improve patients wellbeing: Cochrane review finds
British Medical Journal,
Conducting organizational-level occupational health interventions: What works?
Work & Stress, 24, 2010
Chefsuppdragets komplexitet i politiskt styrda organisationer. Rapport på uppdrag av Sveriges kommuner och landsting
Karolinska Institutet, 2009
URL: Link
Samarbetshälsa : om effektivt samarbete och välbefinnande
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2011 - 177 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-06057-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12320902
Inauthenticity at work: Moral conflicts in market-oriented welfare organizations
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol 3, No 2, 2013
Managers perceptions of the manager role in relation to physicians: al qualitative interview study of the top managers in Swedish healthcare
BMC Health Services Research, 10, 2010
Reference
Arbets- och organisationspsykologi : individ och organisation i samspel
Stockholm : Natur & Kultur, 2012 - 464 s.
ISBN: 91-27-11905-X (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11496422
The role of the formal employment contract in the range and fulfilment of the psychological contract: Testing alayered model
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 19, 2010
URL: Link
Skriv vetenskapliga uppsatser och avhandlingar med stöd av IT och Internet
4., [bearb.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2000 - x, 254 s.
ISBN: 91-44-01000-1 ; 399:00 LIBRIS-ID: 8352788
Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to attain enhanced knowledge about steering, organisation and management in the area of health and welfare. Another course objective is for students to develop knowledge about social relations in professional teams.
Learning outcomes
After having completed the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Critically examine and discuss theories and models of management and steering of practices in the area of health and welfare in relation to both conditions and consequences on the levels of individuals and groups.
2. Analyse management problems and suggest alternative actions which are motivated on the basis of theory and research.
3. Discuss theoretical definitions and research-based explanatory models which are significant for changes in modern organisations, and manifest a greater insight into such definitions and models.
4. Manifest enhanced knowledge about social and psychological processes in the workplace and the ways in which management can be realised in professional teams doing health and welfare work.
Course content
The peculiarity of welfare service work
Evidence-based approaches in the area
The organisation and conditions of work and the significance of those aspects for the health, learning and service quality of employees
Critical organisation research, the consequences and effects of New Public Management (NPM) for employees and clients/patients/pupils etc
Social and psychological processes in the workplace
Cooperation in work groups and teams and team management
Tuition
Teaching on the course consists of lectures, seminars and group work
Specific requirements
A degree at the Bachelor’s level in one of the following subject areas: Public Health Science, Nursing with a specialisation in Care, Caring Sciences, Medical Science, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or the equivalent. In addition, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. In cases when the course is offered in English, the requirement for Swedish B/Swedish 3 is excluded.
Examination
Assignment (INL1), 3 credit points, group work. Learning objectives 2 and 4. Marks Pass (G).
Assignment (INL2), 4.5 credit points, individual task. Learning objectives 1 and 3. Marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
For the grade Pass with distinction (VG) on the course as a whole, the student must receive a Pass with distinction (VG) for INL2. For more information, see the Study Guide
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail