Topic outline

  • 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: Tuesday | 1:00 - 3:00 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.

    • Proposed Program

      Management Functions: PLANNING | IMPLEMENTATION | MONITORING | EVALUATIONPreparation of INNOVATION AND CHANGE PROPOSAL

      WEEK DATE TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES COURSE ORGANIZATION / THEME
      WK 1 Course Overview and Getting to Know Session
      WK 2   Read assigned materials (Owen's Chapter 1-4) and preparation for individual report. Unit 1: Organizational Theories
      WK 3  Sept 3 Individual Reporting via Zoom meeting on Topics under Mainstream of Organization Thoughts: Organizational Theories (Bureaucratic Theory by Rona Ranola , Human Resource Management Theory by Manila Villalon , Theory X and Theory  Y by Mary Ann Enteria)
      WK 4  Sept 10 Individual Reporting via FAce to Face on Topics under Systems Theory: Role Theory & Social Systems Theory by  Cherrie Joy Torres| Socio technical Systems Theory by Lara Macaraeg  | Contingency Theory by Jean Alcover (face to Face Session)
      WK 5  Sep 177 Reading Break
      WK 6  Sept 24

      Human Dimension of Organization and Management (Reporting and Interactive Activities) and Leadership: 

      Reporters: Human Dimension of Organization and Management: Agnes Famero & Elizabeth Nochete | Leadership: Dyann Ultado & Nicho Vergara

      		 Unit 2: Human Dimensions of Organization and Management
      WK 7  Oct 1

      Do exercise on Leadership and prepare short essay on leadership

      Preparation of report on Organizational Culture and Climate
      WK 8 - 9  Oct 8

      Reporting on Organizational Culture and Climate | De Castro : Diabordo

      Sharing on Individual Leadership Style

      		 Unit 3: Organizational Culture and Climate
      WK 10 - 11 Oct 22

      Reporting: Organizational Development and Change: De Guzman and Chua

      Reporting: Organizational Conflict: Ma. Cristina Garcia and Franesa Jacinto
      WK 12 Nov 5

      Management Functions: Interactive Session

      Problem Analysis: NSF

      		 Unit 4:Organizational Development and Change
      WK 13 Nov 12

      Individual Assignment

      Organizational Problem Analysis: An Interactive Session
      WK 14 Nov 19 Overview of Strategic Planning and Logic Model
      WK 15 Nov 26 Preparation: Proposal for Innovation and Change
      WK 16 Dec 3 REPORTING: Innovation and Change Proposal
      WK 17 Dec 10 Reserved for consultation and reporting if needed
      WK 18

  • 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 (Lynette)
    • 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

  • Organizational Theories: Synthesis

  • Unit 2: Human Dimension of Organization and Leadership

  • This topic

    Unit 3: Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate

    5 elements of a great organizational culture - Achievers

    • Reading - Free people iconsReading Material
    • My Organization's Culture Assignment

      Assignment instruction and submission portal for Organizational Culture.

      As we have discussed during our zoom session, members of our organizations, to a large degree, are bounded together by a shared culture (beliefs and traditions). Some of these beliefs and practices have been formalized into policies (e.g. dress codes, morning prayers, practice guidelines, etc). While others remain informal, they are followed and abide to be members. Note: I have been watching Disney's 'The Mandalorian' and there is one phrase that you will hear often and all throughout the series. The phrase is 'This is the way,' which is like the guiding principle everytime a Mandalorian is to make a personal decision or when the whole tribe is to also make a decision.

      As you have shared in our discussion, your own organization do have shared culture. Some of them you learned and practice, while others are still to be discovered, perhaps informally, or formally (through rituals, symbols, etc).

      For this paper, you will write an essay about what you believe are your organization's culture.  Your reading materials  will be able to provide you with a deeper understanding of organizational culture and its elements. You also learned in our discussion how shared culture can impact on members' motivation and eventually their productivity.

      Basic questions your paper should be able to answer:

      1. What to do you think are your organization's culture. 

      • Formal
      • Informal

      2. How are these beliefs and practices communicated to or learned by members like you?

      • Indoctrination process?
      • Symbols?
      • Artifacts?
      • Organizational heroes?

      3. Do you think these B and P are major factors in members motivation and performance? If yes, In what way? Can you give example(s)? If not, why not?

      4. Are there B and P that you wish to eliminate? Why?

      5. Are there B and P that you want to develop and Introduce and Why?

  • Unit 4: Organizational Development and Change

    • Theme 1: Organizational Change

      Date: TBA

      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)

    • 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.
    • Chapter 8 Owens: Organizational Change File

      Main reference for this Unit.

      Please read before our session on Organizational Change.

      Please do 'Reflective Activities' 1 and 2 in page 245.

  • Unit 5: My Organizational Development Issues

    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. These topics were not covered anymore in our course, but hopefully the interactive materials will provide you with the necessary knowledge to help you in addressing your own organizational challenges.

  • UNIT 6: 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

  • Organizing in Management

    • 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, reflect on an implementation structure that considers the factors as discussed in the presentation.

  • 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.