Unit 650: Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings

1. Unit 650: Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings Key learningpoints Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

2. Key learning points • Leadership and management are complementary but distinctive areas of practice. • Management tends to be associated with functional and operational issues. • Leadership tends to be associated with motivating, influencing and inspiring others. Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

3. Key learning points • Individuals can take on: • formal leadership roles linked to their job title, status and role • informal leadership roles in response to specific situations as a result of having specific skills, initiative or experience. • Leadership skills are needed to respond positively to the rapid, complex and ongoing changes that affect contemporary health and social care organisations. Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

4. Key learning points • Theories of leadership have focused on: • personal qualities or traits required for leadership roles (trait theories) • skills or behaviours needed to carry out a leadership role (behavioural theories) • interpersonal style and emotional flexibility needed to respond to different leadership challenges (situational theories) • use of rewards to motivate people (transactional theories) • use of relationships and ‘vision’ to inspire and empower people to follow a leader (transformational theories). Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

5. Key learning points • Theories of management have changed and now focus on: • ways of improving economic efficiency and worker productivity (scientific management theory) • administering the core functions of an organisation effectively (administrative management theory) • using bureaucratic systems to achieve goals as efficiently as possible (bureaucratic management theory) • developing and responding to human relationships and group dynamics within the social system of an organisation (human relations and systems theory) • being adaptive and using an appropriate management style to respond to a specific situation (contingency theory). Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

6. Key learning points • Leadership requires a deep understanding of, and ability to influence, an organisation’s culture. • Effectiveness in a leadership role is influenced by an individual’s personal qualities; for example, their: • relationship and interaction skills • ability to give and receive respect and trust • professional skills in establishing a vision • strategic direction • sense of authority. Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3

7. Key learning points • The practice of leadership and management occurs within organisational, professional and societal contexts. • Within these contexts, various factors and dynamics influence and impact on the work of those in management and leadership roles. • Government and regulatory bodies regularly produce policies and regulations that drive practice developments and changes, and those in leadership and management roles need to be aware of these. Unit 650 (LM 507): Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care settings. 3978 Level 5 PowerPoint presentation 3