Every organization’s growth is achieved through effective leadership and management. Over the years, there have been a number of research and studies conducted on leadership practices and management goals in various fields and a lot of theories facilitate in understanding the factors that constitute towards building leadership skills. Examining leadership and management in healthcare services, it is observed that both management and leadership are integral in delivering good health services to patients as well as building competencies in employees to work to their best of abilities in jointly working towards organizational goals. In both ways, good managers should work hard to be better leaders and in order to be better leaders, it is significant
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For example, this could simply be a vision such as fostering better health care practices with state-of-art technology and addressing health care needs. However, leadership is not only about directing the vision of the future, but leadership exhibits critical roles such as being a compelling leader who creates pathways to huge followership, influencing or driving people to come together and work for a uniform cause, motivate and shepherd employees to reach towards organizational goals, factorize problems, and negotiate with resources to work for the betterment of the people, and importantly be decisive and exhibit problem solving abilities to foster better care and nurture positive work atmosphere. Stanley (2011) states, “not all leadership is about changing or challenging people’s vision of the future” (57). There is more to leadership and managerial skills apart from building a strong vision or having mission, and it encompasses clarity of purpose and effective organizational …show more content…
(2011).Introduction to health care management.Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
DeLuca, M.A., &Soucat, A. (2013.). Transforming the global health workforce.Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/imai/om_10_leadership_management.pdf 20/12/2013
James, K. T. (2011). Leadership in context:Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practice. The King’s Fund. Retrieved from http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/leadership-in-context-theory-current-leadership-development-practice-kim-turnbull-james-kings-fund-may-2011.pdf 20/12/2013
Lubitsh, G. (n.d.). Leadership theories in health care. Ashridge Business School.
Mitchell, G. (2013). “Selecting the bet theory to implement planned change.”Nursing Management, 20 (1), 32-37.
Patterson, T. E., Champion, H., Browning, H., Torain, D., Harrison, C., Gurvis, J., Fleenor, J., & Campbell, M. (2011).Addressing the leadership gap in healthcare.Center for Creative Leadership.
Rigolosi, E. L. M. (2013). Management and Leadership in Nursing and Health Care. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Stanley, D. (2011). Clinical leadership:
For example, this could simply be a vision such as fostering better health care practices with state-of-art technology and addressing health care needs. However, leadership is not only about directing the vision of the future, but leadership exhibits critical roles such as being a compelling leader who creates pathways to huge followership, influencing or driving people to come together and work for a uniform cause, motivate and shepherd employees to reach towards organizational goals, factorize problems, and negotiate with resources to work for the betterment of the people, and importantly be decisive and exhibit problem solving abilities to foster better care and nurture positive work atmosphere. Stanley (2011) states, “not all leadership is about changing or challenging people’s vision of the future” (57). There is more to leadership and managerial skills apart from building a strong vision or having mission, and it encompasses clarity of purpose and effective organizational …show more content…
(2011).Introduction to health care management.Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
DeLuca, M.A., &Soucat, A. (2013.). Transforming the global health workforce.Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/imai/om_10_leadership_management.pdf 20/12/2013
James, K. T. (2011). Leadership in context:Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practice. The King’s Fund. Retrieved from http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/leadership-in-context-theory-current-leadership-development-practice-kim-turnbull-james-kings-fund-may-2011.pdf 20/12/2013
Lubitsh, G. (n.d.). Leadership theories in health care. Ashridge Business School.
Mitchell, G. (2013). “Selecting the bet theory to implement planned change.”Nursing Management, 20 (1), 32-37.
Patterson, T. E., Champion, H., Browning, H., Torain, D., Harrison, C., Gurvis, J., Fleenor, J., & Campbell, M. (2011).Addressing the leadership gap in healthcare.Center for Creative Leadership.
Rigolosi, E. L. M. (2013). Management and Leadership in Nursing and Health Care. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Stanley, D. (2011). Clinical leadership: