Enhancing Leadership in Aged Care Sector
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Key words Leadership, Management, Communication, Development, Patient care Contents Executive summary 2 Key words 2 List of figures 3 Introduction 5 Background 5 Question 6 Scope 7 Objective 8 Methods 9 Limitations 10 Participants 10 Procedures 10 Data analysis 11 Literature review 12 Brief overview of leadership and management 12 Leadership and management 14 Leadership in aged care sector 14 Results 16 Needs of leadership and management 21 Discussion 22 Essential leadership skills in aged care organizations 23 Leadership and management development needs 24 Conclusion 25 Recommendations 27 References 29 Appendix 35 List of
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Running Head: Enhancing Leadership 1Enhancing Leadership and management in Aged Care sector
Enhancing Leadership 2Executive summary Leadership is an ability to lead the people and employees in the organization. There are various analyses done by the researchers on the leadership. Some people assume that the leadership is the point for the followers every time and several others assume that leadership is inthe organization is to motivate its members for doing the best and achieving the goals and objectives set by the aged care organizations. Basically, leadership is the process in which a person leads and influences the team and the members of the organization to achieve a common goal and objectives (Hao & Yazdanifard, 2015). In simple terms, leadership is the act of inspiring and motivating their employees having common goals. In the healthcare and aged care sector, there is the need and demands of the efficient, safe, and affordable healthcare practices. The role of leaders and managers impacts on the changes and are now being asked in the health care organizations. The nursing managers are now expected to have managerial and leadership skills to function effectively with their roles and respond to the challenges in the healthcare system reforms. This study basically analyzes the leadership practices in the aged care organizations and related outcomes to empower the staff and job satisfaction. Along with this, this study analyzes the leadership development needs of the nursing managers. Leadership and job satisfaction of the employees and empowerment are the important elements in the organizational performance (Wuestman & Casey, 2015). Leaders are the important parts of any business organization. They are decision makers and they take decisions for implementing new strategies in the business operations and exclusionold strategies from the operations. Effective leadership in the organization affects and motivates the employees of the organizations to achieve the set goals and objectives of the organization. Leaders should motivate employees by the economic and non-economic rewards and get the work by an effective manner from the employees. The results and findings will identify the way of the enhancement of leadership and management within the aged care organizations. Key words Leadership, Management, Communication, Development, Patient care
Enhancing Leadership 3ContentsExecutive summary.........................................................................................................................2Key words........................................................................................................................................2List of figures...................................................................................................................................3Introduction......................................................................................................................................5Background......................................................................................................................................5Question...........................................................................................................................................6Scope................................................................................................................................................7Objective..........................................................................................................................................8Methods...........................................................................................................................................9Limitations.................................................................................................................................10Participants.................................................................................................................................10Procedures..................................................................................................................................10Data analysis..............................................................................................................................11Literature review............................................................................................................................12Brief overview of leadership and management..........................................................................12Leadership and management......................................................................................................14Leadership in aged care sector...................................................................................................14Results............................................................................................................................................16Needs of leadership and management........................................................................................21Discussion......................................................................................................................................22Essential leadership skills in aged care organizations...............................................................23Leadership and management development needs......................................................................24Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................25Recommendations..........................................................................................................................27References......................................................................................................................................29Appendix........................................................................................................................................35List of figures Figure 1: number of years in aged acre sector...............................................................................17
Enhancing Leadership 4Figure 2: Highest qualification......................................................................................................17Figure 3: leadership skills..............................................................................................................18Figure 4: Critical elements in the leadership.................................................................................19Figure 5: Sources of support..........................................................................................................21Figure 6: Needs of leadership and management............................................................................21
Enhancing Leadership 5Introduction Over the last few years, it is observed that most of the aged care sectors are becoming aware of the need and importance to enhancement of leadership and management within the organizations. Now, leadership development is listed as the second highest concern in the aged care industry. Along with this, major corporate initiatives are also outlined i.e. retention, employee recruitment, leadership development and succession planning program that are important to improve the organizational performance in the industry. Although, finding and retaining the health care leaders is a critical task for the organizational success but the development of these leaders are ignored by the organizations so they are not prepared for the new roles. This report basically focuses on the development and enhancement of the leadership and management in the aged care sector at the Australian and global level. It is observed that there are skill gaps in the healthcare sector that can disrupt the leadership transition in the management candidates. In this report, the extensive review of the literature on the leadership and management in the aged care industry is given in order to identify the critical attributes (Tsaiet al, 2015). On the basis of the literature review, report provides various elements to enhance theprocess and effective leadership and management within the industry. By enhancing effective leadership and management process, healthcare organizations would be able implement internal change in terms of technology and approach. To maximize the value for the patients by obtainingthe best outcomes, proper leadership is crucial for the aged care sector. In the effective management and by using motivational tools i.e. peer pressure, shared purpose and improving a patient-centered approach, healthcare organization would be able to achieve the goals (Walsh & Lynas, 2016). Background The topic of the research is enhancing the leadership and management in the aged care sector. Good leadership is very important for the success of the healthcare organization. In the healthcare sector, good leadership is more than important as it is critical for the success of the organization. There are some issues in terms of management in the healthcare organization due to extreme workload, over competition in the industry, lack of available staff and employees’ necessity of the required technology etc. Due to all these challenges, the work environment in the
Enhancing Leadership 6health care organizations is becoming complicated gradually. Thus, there is the need of effective way and team work in the healthcare organizations in which managers can create strategic leadership in the business. Healthcare sector is the subject of change for the development of the various countries. In the continuous rise of competition, the quality of the health services is major issue for the patients (Fitzgerald, 2015). For this manner, there is the need of appropriate management and leadership skills to manage the operations within the healthcare sector. Basically, leadership is identified as the important role in the healthcare consultant post. Leadership in the aged care industry is important to implement the dictatorial management style within the organizations. Leadership in the industry is crucial in which managers have the responsibility to demonstrate the leadership qualities within the managerial role in the organization. Aged care organizations must have the leadership expertise to implement the change based on the decision- making process and patient-centered approach for care (Ganta andManukonda, 2014)The quality of aged care organizations depends upon the effective and efficient use of theresources. Proper management of the organization improves the efficiency of the operations and help to ensure best use of the limited resources. The management of healthcare system is recognized as the profession and people would be attracted by the profession. By the proper management, organization would be able to have greater voice in the society and would achieve improved population and patient health results (Swensen, 2015). The aged care organizations face two main barriers in terms of professional management. The first one is the lack of proper management and training among the healthcare leaders. Second one is that the role of the managers and leaders is not recognized as the profession. So, there is the need of development ofeffective leadership and management practices in the aged care sector to produce highly competent managers in the organizations (Gibson & Mumford, 2013). Question The objective of this research is to understand the major factors that impact the leadershipin the aged care sector and organizations. Leadership is important for the success and growth of the business in every industry. In the aged care, the objectives of the aged care organizations are to provide high level of patients care and quality services to the users. The report is focused on developing effective leadership and management in the aged care organizations based on the
Enhancing Leadership 7study of various viewpoints on the past and current business executives, managements and leaders in the industry. Purpose of this report is to find out the way to improve the leadership practices in the aged care sector. In this manner, the research questions are as follows:How the leadership and management can be improved in aged care organizations at Australian and international level?How can the quality of patient care be improved in the health care organizations?How can quality leadership be improved in the healthcare organizations’ operations?By finding the answers of these questions, the report would be able to provide meaningful and useful information about the role of leadership in the healthcare organization. Leadership is important for the effective organizational decision making process. So, the aim of the research questions is to conduct an effective survey for this manner (Noordegraaf et al, 2016).Scope Basic purpose of this study is to explore the leadership and management practices within the aged care organizations and impact on the organizational outcomes. Objective of the study is enhancing the leadership practices for the better service management of the patient care. The study and findings has significance scope for the future. The findings from the study will contribute to the literature in future in many different ways. The study will explain the importance of leadership practices for the employees’ empowerment and job satisfaction. The study will be helpful in identifying the skills necessary for developing leadership in the organizational context. The discussion section of the study would be very useful and beneficial for the future research. This research would be significant in various areas i.e. Similar study on the practices of leadership and management coming from the various level of workforce,Further investigation on the relationship between patients’ outcome and nursing leadership and management,Further study on the impact of leadership involvement and its effect on the patient outcomes and staff, andInvestigation and study on the relationship by using other individual such as extent of control.
Enhancing Leadership 8Along with this, the direction of future research would deal with the role of current health environment. So this study would be beneficial in the implementations of the methods used in the study regarding the redesign and review of the role of leaders and managers in the organizations. There are various further opportunities for the future research. For instance, the study is focused on transformational leadership development approach. For the further investigation on the leadership enhancement, this report would be beneficial based on this specific study. Objective The objective of this research is to find out the ways to enhance the leadership and management practices within the aged care sector. From the above discussion, it is clear that to improve the performance of the employees and to provide quality services in terms of patient care, effective leadership and management is crucial in the aged care sector. Aim of this researchis to improve the leadership practices with in the aged care organizations at the national and global level for achieving the best organizational outcomes for patients. It also includes how much patients are satisfied with the offered services. Along with this, it also includes the type of leadership required in the aged care sector. By analyzing and understanding the survey questions,this research has aim to provide a clear picture of effective leadership and methods of enhancing the management and leadership practices, types of leadership and services the patients want fromthe aged care organizations (Nicol, Mohanna, & Cowpe, 2014). Aim of the study is to examine the perception of leadership and related factors associated with the healthcare industry, its environment and related services. The specific research objectives for this study are as follows:Identify the role of leadership and psychological work environment factors in the nursing homes and aged care organizations,Improving leadership and management practices and behavior in the hospitals and other aged care organizations (Spurgeon, Long, Clark & Daly, 2015) and Improving, managing and measuring the organizational performance of the employees bythe effective leadership practices and various factors etc.
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