Effective Management in Health Care

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EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE
Name of Student
Institution Affiliation

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Executive summary
This reflective essay critically and analytically looks into management in the health care
system in relation to my personal experiences. Theories of management are reviewed to help in
understanding how health institutions are managed from the view of my experience. Leadership
is important in every institution including the health sector and therefore it is of essence to look
into how different personal traits affect leaders as explained by theories of personal development.
Effective communication is another integral part of health care management and this essay
explains how communication is applied in a manner that helps build professional relationships
and provide a working environment where the staff feels secure and free. Time management is
discussed in reference to improving the productivity of the institutions and help them achieve
their objectives.

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A brief case scenario
On eighth of April, I arrived late at the hospital and found that the staff meeting had
already ended. The meeting was held only once a week and it was then that major patient cases
would be discussed and the next weeks’ schedule given. I hurriedly put on my lab coat and
started attending to the new patients arriving. My first patient was a male Caucasian aged
seventy-eight years brought in by his son. Immediately I realized that there was a language
barrier between us and asked them to move aside and wait for another nurse who could
understand their language better. A few minutes later a senior nurse passed by and they
explained what had transpired between me and them. The senior nurse shouted at me saying that
if I had attended the mornings meeting I would have had the idea of how to deal with the patient.
I was embarrassed and felt humiliated in front of the patient.
Application of theories of management to the scenario
There are several general theories of management that have been proposed and currently
being used in the management of institutions (Gibson, 2015). These theories propose certain
management strategies that should be applied in organizations for them to successfully achieve
their goals and objectives. These theories include the theory of scientific management,
administrative management theory, the bureaucratic theory of management, and behavioral
theory of management (Kelly,2018). These theories are used in different ways to serve the
institutions in roles like, decision-making, supervision and discipline, managing relationships,
and establishing a public image that promotes the organization.
The scientific theory of management was proposed by American inventor and engineer
Fredrick Winslow Taylor in the year 1911. This theory is specifically oriented towards
increasing the efficiency of every person that works in a certain organization (Jaworski, 2012).

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The main idea of applying this theory in any institution is to improve the labor productivity of all
the workers. Taylor envisioned that by applying the scientific method as opposed to the rule of
thumb would improve productivity without using more human effort or energy.
In relation to the scenario provided the management had a platform to improve my
efficiency by conducting weakly meetings that would help me perform my duties better. The
senior nurses that morning had offered a talk on how to deal with patients from different cultures
but my failure to attend the meeting lead to me not acquiring the necessary knowledge. They had
fulfilled their role as explained by the scientific theory by trying to improve my productivity.
Henry Fayol, a French mining engineer, managing director, and an industrialist, proposed
administrative management theory. It is founded on the idea of departmentalization and belief
that organizational management should be emphasized together with behavioral and human
factors while managing an organization (Longest, 2015). According to this theory, the basic
elements of management include organizing, planning, commanding, and coordinating. Planning,
as defined by this theory involves making decisions beforehand on what to do, then time it will
be done, then how it will be done and who will do it. This process is fundamental in achieving
the organizations set objectives as it sets the course of action to achieve them. There are several
steps involved in planning, and they include, analyzing opportunities, setting objectives for the
organization, developing premises, identifying alternatives, evaluating alternatives, selecting an
alternative, implementing the action plan and later reviewing the plan of action (Bryson, 2011).
This process helps the organization shape its future by getting insights from the plan.
Organizing as an element of administrative involves task assigning, grouping the tasks
into departments, authority delegating, and allocation of resources across the organization.
Organizing process comes into play after the planning process has already been done, and it