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  • About the Course

    • Course Outcomes Page

      Course Description

      General principles of organization and management of health programs and health agencies; relationships of participant’s institution to the other agencies in the National Health Plan. Operation of participant’s institution, his own and other’s role within it.  Utilization of these principles in educational change.

      Credit Units: 2 units

      Day and Time: Wednesday | 1-3 pm

      Content

      “Ours has become, for better or for worse, a society of organizations.  We are born in organizations, and are educated in organizations, so that we can later work in organizations.  Organizations supply us and exploit us, they nurture us and torment us.  But most of us must resign ourselves to spending a great deal of our public  and private lives dealing with them.  We all need to understand them better.” (Mintzberg)

       In this course, students will look into their own organizations within the perspective of understanding how it works and how it can be managed more effectively.

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    UNIT 1: Looking at Organizations

    The first unit begins with looking at the macrosystem to help students situate themselves and their organizations within the bigger national system.  Then, students will be introduced to the parts, structure, and basic types of organization to help them better understand the microstructure within their own institutions.  The discussions will help the students analyze the internal and external factors which shape organizations.

    Key concepts:  Philippine Development Plan, National Objectives for Health, transformative education, organizational attributes, pulls on the organization, configurations, life cycle model

     

    • Topic 1: Organizations: The Evolution of Organizational Thought

    • Reading Materials

    • Organizational Thoughts File
      The overall character of an organization is dependent in so many ways to its founders vision, mission, ang goals. However, organizations are also influenced very much by the changing organizational paradigm brought about by the popular organizational thoughts dominant during a certain period. 
      This presentation will provide an overview of organizational thoughts as they evolve through various historical timeline.

    • A Responsive Educational system

      Just like any other organizational systems, educational systems are affected by changes at the local, national, and global levels. I am sure most of you are familiar with the Lancet Article "Health Professionals for a New Century." Please read the article (this time as an organization person) and reflect of how the call for transformative education would impact on your (educational) organization or institution. Below, I embedded several figures from the report that I believe are important in understanding better the relationship between the health system and the education system.

      Key points about Educational system and Health System :

      1. Education system must be responsive to needs and demands of the health care system.

      2. To achieve the goal of 'transformative education' there should be both instructional and institutional change.

      3. Educational Organizations must be designed to generate optimum instructional process.

    • Reading Materials

    • Health professionals for New Century File

      Harvard publication version.

    • Individual Assignment

    • Assignment 1: Looking at the big picture: My Organization within the National and Global Context

    • Individual Reflection Assignment

      Guide Questions:

      1. What specific strategies can your organization take to answer the call for transformational education that focuses on institutional reform?
        1. At the National Level
          • Which areas in the PDP and in the NOH do you think you can contribute to?
            1. As an organization
            2. As an individual who is part of your organization
          • What specific program being implemented by your organization do you think can contribute to achieving the PDP and NOH?
        2. At the Global Level
          1. How do you think the call for transformative education would impact on your institutional and instructional components?

  • Topic 2: Organizational Theories

     

    "Once you have a clear picture of your priorities – that is your values, goals and high leverage activities, organize around them."

    -Stephen Covey http://sumo.ly/GHUg via @theorderexpert

    The characteristics or attributes of an organization is a reflection, in more ways than one, of the vision, mission, and beliefs of stakeholders behind the organization.

    In this topic, we will discuss the different organizational theories and in the end use your understanding of these theories to analyze and eventually write a technical paper about your (selected) organization.

    Topics:

    Topics Assigned Readings

    Owens:

    • Mainstream of Organizational thought
    • Organizational Theory
      • Bureaucratic Theory
      • Human Resources Management Theory
      • Theory X and Theory Y
    • Systems Theory
      • Role Theory
      • Social Systems
      • Sociotechnical Systems Theory
      • Contingency Theory

     Mintzberg:

    • Organizational configurations
    • Paradoxes of Metaphor

    Organizational Behavior in Education by Owens (LB2806)

    NOTE: Used as reference the 4th edition. Paging may be different in the newer edition.

    • Chapter 1 (1-24)
    • (Chapter 2 (27-73)

     

    Mintzberg on Management

    • Chapter 2

     

    Marinker, M. (1997). Myth, Paradox and the Hidden Curriculum. Medical Education, Vol. 31. No.4. July 1997

    • Pre-session individual preparation

        • Please read all the materials listed above.
        • Review all the uploaded interactive materials and linked videos.

       

    •  Interactive Presentations

    • Organizational Theories File

      Covers X-Y theory and Role theory.

    • Recommended YouTube Videos

    • Organizational Theories: Video collection Page

      To understand better your organization using organizational theories, I organized several youtube videos for you. 

      These videos will supplement your reading about organizations, for example, from the book 'Organizational Behavior in Education' by Owens.

      These videos can also help you understand better and in writing a technical paper about your organization.

    • Organization as a Sociotechnical System

      Developed by Nemuel S. Fajutagana, MD, MHPEd

    • Individual Assignment

    • My Organization: A Comprehensive Analysis using Organizational Theories Assignment

      Assignment Objectives:

      Students should be able to:

      1. Utilize understanding of different organizational theories in analyzing own organization.
      2. Write a technical paper discussing result of yout comprehensive analysis of selected organization.

      Number of pages: Minimum of three pages.

      Citations: All assigned readings must be cited in the paper. 

      Tasks:

      1. Select an organization.
      2. Get approval from organizational leaders for access and use of organizational data.
      3. Analyze your organization in terms of the following organizational theories:
        1. Bureaucratic theory
        2. Human Resource Management theory
        3. Theory X and Theory Y
      4. Analyze your organization in terms of Sytems theory:
        1. Describe your school as a social system.
        2. Discuss whether your organization is an open or closed system. (illustrate using a social system diagram)
        3. Using role theory, explain your role and position in the organization (illustrate using role set diagram).
      5. Describe your organization as a sociotechnical system (illustrate using an STS diagram.
      6. Finally, describe your organization according to Mintzberg's configuration.

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      Owens Chapter 3 and 4

      Organizational Theories

    • Scanned Owens Folder

      Scanned Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of Owens

  • Organizational Theories: Synthesis

  • Unit 2: Human Dimension of Organization and Leadership

    • Topic 2.1 Human Dimension of Organization

      Individual Report: Marlowe Acuna

      October 19, 2022

    • Topic 2.2 Leadership

      Individual Report: Jondee Laico

      October 19, 2022

    • Am I a Leader? Assignment

      A reflection on leadership.

      Do I consider myself a leader? Why or why not? What have I done in the past that make me one?

       

    • Leadership Style Exercise

      What is your leadership style? Is your style Directing, Coaching, Supporting, or Directing? Do you want to know? If yes, please follow the instructions below.

      1. Open and accomplish the leadership choices questionnaire. Note: You will have to download and print the questionnaire. Follow the instruction in the first page.
      2. Record your answer using the Leadership Answer Sheet and tally score by column. You need to also download and print the answer sheet.
      3. Bring your Leadership Answer sheet to class next week for the interpretation and discussion.

      Dr. Fajutagana

    • Seven Habits SCORM package

      As presented last November 6, 2018.

  • Unit 3: Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate

    • Reporters: Lally Maglatang and Glorieaster Sabando

  • Unit 4: Organizational Development and Change

    • Preparing for the session: 

      1. Please read Chapter 8, Organizational Change of Organizational Behavior in Organization, 11th Edition, by Owens  and Valesky.
      2. Watch a short video about Force Field Analysis.

  • UNIT 5: THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS and Management Functions

    In this unit, you will be introduced to the basic management process of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling.  This unit will also help you look into your own institution’s management processes, clarifying your role as part of the organization.  Different leadership styles will also be discussed and how each style affects your own organization’s decision-making processes.

     Key concepts: planning, results based management, organizing, authority & power, decentralization, staffing, leading, managers & supervision, motivation, change management, communication, controlling


    • Theme 1: Organizational Change

      Date:October 2022

      I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

      Jimmy Dean
      Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/change

      Theme Overview:

      Before we proceed to the main theme of this unit, the Management Planning Process, I thought discussing organizational change would be appropriate for setting up the context.

      Hopefully, starting this unit with a discussion on 'Organizational Change' will help you understand why you need to learn and go through the management process.

      Reflective Activity (See /Read Chapter 8, Organizational Change, Organizational Behavior in Education by Owens and Valesky)

      Reflect on a major change that has occured in a school or organization with which you are familiar. Using Kurt Lewin's concept of force-field analysis (see video lecture below), identify the driving forces and the restraining forces and the restraining forces that were in play prior to and during the change process that helped unfreeze and drive the organizationa toward change. (page 245)

    • Change in inivetable. 

      Health professions education continues to evolve. Sharing to you the link to my HP 215's 'Trends in Health Sciences Curricula: A simple Timeline.'

      This is still a work in progress but a already a good way to appreciate innovation and change.

  • Organizing in Management

    • Organizational structure & Control Mechanisms Assignment

      In the first part of the course, you were asked to look at and describe your respective organizations.

      In this section, our concern is the same, but this time your focus is on whether your current organizational structure is enough to address the implementation need of your proposed project.

      Following the inputs in the accompanying powerpoint lecture, prepare an implementation structure that considers the factors as discussed in the presentation.

  • Unit 5: My Organizational Development Project

    During our last session, we talked about organizational change. 

    To manage change, you need to be equipped with several skills needed as you go to the different stages of program planning and as you perform your different roles as manager or administrator.

    In this topic your will be learning the different tools of the trade.

  • Final Paper

    Your final paper will also serve as your final examination. To serve as final examination, be sure to provide all the theoretical discussion requirement of each Chapter and Section.

    See attached Checklist for your guidance.