312.601.01
Fundamentals of Management for Health Care Organizations
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
In-person
Tu, Th, 1:30 - 2:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
300.651 Introduction to the US Healthcare System
Enrollment Restriction
This course is only available for students enrolled in the MHA program
Focusing on U.S. health care delivery systems, discusses how to manage in health care organizations including management processes organizational structures and types of governance and management issues of U.S.-based health care delivery systems. Introduces key topics and concepts including health care systems; managing health care organizations; administrative management responsibilities of health care environments; approaches to performance improvement and financial management.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the functions and processes required to manage an effective healthcare organization
- Create job designs for managerial roles and expectations of managers in health care organizations
- Analyze health care organizations and their functions in order to facilitate change and performance improvement
- Apply management theories and tools to the analysis of a current health care organizational issues
- Practice and reflect on the working collaboratively in team-based assignments
- Evaluate the managerial and technical challenges of managing health care organizations
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 20% Participation
- 25% Midterm
- 25% Final Exam
- 30% Group Presentation