A Study: Novice Outlook of Care Home Management, Strategies & Tactics

This report provides a comprehensive exploration of care home management, focusing on a novice outlook and strategic approaches. It begins with an introduction defining care homes and the scope of the study, highlighting the need for innovative management practices. The report justifies the study's importance, emphasizing the shift from traditional to strategic management for improved care and operational efficiency. It outlines aims and objectives, followed by a literature review that examines existing management strategies, identifies the need for change, and explores new management tactics. The analysis covers military-style, results-driven, and formalized review approaches, highlighting their limitations. The report then discusses the benefits of adopting fresh management approaches, presents a project plan with a Gantt chart, and delves into the qualities of leadership and associated challenges. The conclusion summarizes the findings, emphasizes opportunities for future research, and references relevant sources.

The exploration of a
Novice Outlook of Care
Home Management

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Title.........................................................................................................................................1
Overview................................................................................................................................1
Need of the study....................................................................................................................2
JUSTIFICATION............................................................................................................................3
AIM AND OBJECTIVES................................................................................................................3
Aim.........................................................................................................................................3
Objectives...............................................................................................................................3
Project questions.....................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
Existing management strategies in care home management..................................................4
Need for change in the outlook of care home management...................................................5
New management tactics in care home management.............................................................6
Advantages of fresh management approaches in care home management............................8
PROJECT PLAN.............................................................................................................................9
GANTT CHART...........................................................................................................................10
QUALITIES OF LEADER AND LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH..........................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Title
A study to assess the exploration of a novice outlook of care home management in terms of
people and leader management in an innovative manner while applying new tactics and
strategies.
Overview
Care home can be defined as the small institution which provides the resident for
accommodation in order to care for people who are disable or enable to look after themselves. It
is somewhat similar to the nursing home but there is a difference between Nursing Home and
care home and the difference is that residential care home provide 24 hours a day by train care
assistance. And Nursing care home provide 24 hours per day by registered nurses who are
supported by care assistants. Care home management can be defined as the handling of such
institution in which people are needed to be care and handle with love and respect and taking
care of them against all their diseases either physically or mentally. Basically the management
can be defined as the systematic way of running the organisation so that the stakeholders
involved in the organisation could be well organised and work for the institution. Such
management needs the proper strategies or tactics so that it can be managed in in a potential
manner with an appropriate functionality of it. Old management strategies were the normal
management where people and operations were managed but the new management strategies are
also involved in the procedures and policies of the organisation which is highly essential to be
managed in an effective and efficient manner for the organisation. Generally old management
strategies are adopted by the novice outlook of any organisation such as care home management
but if the organisation learn how to execute and plan the strategic management in its Institution,
it can become the great institution in terms of implementation of strategic management in an
organisation. Therefore, the following discussion is based on the existing management strategies
which has negatively affected the care home management's working, what is the need for change
in the outlook of the care home management techniques, new management tactics which can
positively impact the care home Management's operation and effectiveness of fresh management
approaches that can vendor advantage to the care home management functionality with proper
findings and conclusion (Burton and Guthrie, 2018).
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Need of the study
Need of the study of exploration of a novice outlook of care home management in terms of
people and leader management in an innovative manner while applying new tactics and
strategies is important because until and unless the existing management strategies are not
changed by the institution it cannot grow and develop therefore in order to grow and develop of
the care for management it is important for them to adopt and follow the new management
strategies so that they can even concentrate more towards the people in taking care of them and
finding out the ways of how they can interact with these people and make their life a better one.
Search management tactics are not only important to grow and develop and to meet new people
but also it is important so that the institution can be expended in more places so that more people
can get help in such institutions. That is why it is founded that study of this topic is important
and required for the people who are living in the Institutions and who are seeking such
institutions (Fisher, Edwards, Pärn and Aigbavboa, 2018).
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JUSTIFICATION
Justification of such study of the care home management in a strategic management instead
of novice Outlook, because it can help the institution in discharging the board responsibility and
delegating it to the subordinates in order to take the accountability of the people who are under
them (Jones, Bronskill, Agarwal and Costa, 2019). Moreover, this study provides the Framework
for decision making in an institution not only for the board members but also for the employees
who are working under them and the people who are living under observation. Another
justification is that it supports the understanding among the employers and employees in order to
better handle and manage the whole institution with the best style of leadership and
Management. It also enables the measurement of progression of the employees and the
employers and other different stakeholders who are involved in such project so that improvement
can occur in the next time implementation of the operations. Therefore, all such justifications are
the evidences because of which does study is performed from old management to the new
strategic management in the institution (Griffiths, Kelley, Garrod and Surr, 2019).
AIM AND OBJECTIVES
Aim
To assess the exploration of a novice outlook of care home management in terms of people
and leader management in an innovative manner while applying new tactics and strategies
Objectives
 To analyse the existing management strategies which has negatively affected the care
home management’s working?
 To study the need for change in the outlook of the care home management’s techniques.
 To examine the new management tactics which can positively impact the care home
management’s operation.
 To determine the effectiveness of fresh management approaches that can render
advantage to the care home management’s functionality.
Project questions
 What are the existing management strategies which has negatively affected the care home
management’s working?
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 Why there is a need for change in the outlook of the care home management’s
techniques?
 Explain the new management tactics which can positively impact the care home
management’s operation?
 Describe the effectiveness of fresh management approaches that can render advantage to
the care home management’s functionality?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Existing management strategies in care home management
Existing management strategies in care home management are typically 3 in number. First
is the military style of Management which describe the top down positional authority which
means that what the leader says that must be followed just like an autocratic style. For example,
if there is any complaint from any of the person about the treatment is not done in a better way
then they complain to the operation level employees but not the leaders. Which is considered
wrong because leader level employees are only responsible for the services they are providing to
the people (Bunn, Lynch, Goodman and Froggatt, 2018). This approach built up the little or
ownership of the Institution because everyone was the leader dependent employees. Leaders has
created the work environment that does not built any trust for teamwork and collaboration.
Moreover, it misses out the valuable insights and contributions that leaders often cannot see.
Second is the style which is an unattainable results-driven which describe that attaining the
desired results can be harder when employee is not comfortable and feels restricted in the
Institution. If every employee is afraid of making mistakes or overhead about who will get the
credit of good idea, then these are the signs that the institution is lead using this management
style. This nature defines the competition among employees that who will treat and care better
the patients and get the rewards accordingly. Third is the formalized performance reviews which
describes the reviews which only happens at consistent and predictable times per annum which
results the diminishing value of the feedback. Regular enhancement only happens with the
regular feedback because if the leader Learns that an employee or a team how to achieve a goal
then there is no reason to wait for two months to tell them about it (Elbilgahy, El Sayed and El
Aziz, 2018). Moreover, the care home management does not use any Technical Services in order
to manage its operations while treating the people in their institutions. In today's world this is the
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most important thing to use so that everything could be managed in an accurate and appropriate
manner. Now a day’s technology is accelerating in a very good pace but institution does not use
any online services order digital platform in order to market its institution services which is
considered the most outdated style of Management. Care home management has a large number
of data in which the information about the employers and employees and more over the
customers are recorded and the disastrous thing is that all such large amount of data is handled in
a manual way which is a time consuming and an expensive process. Here comes the need of the
study of exploring the novice outlook of care home management because it is known that
fresher’s organisation which is not an experienced one and not an expert in handling the
institutions in such a strategic management always face such outdated management styles. And
then after sometime they face problems in management and operations which is not considered
an effective functionality of the institution. When the institution has started they were able to
handle all the management activities because initially they were operating at beginner level but
now they are operating at National level so it is important for them to transform their
management activities to the new point that is in a strategic manner (Joosen, Piette, Buekers and
De Boever, 2019). Therefore, all such management Strategies for existing in the care home
management because of which the organisation is facing the problems and they are needed to be
updated with the new management style in the institution.
Need for change in the outlook of care home management
There are various reasons which arises the need for change in the outlook of care home
management. First reason is the long decision making time what means that the institution has
adopted the traditional management style which results in the time consuming decision-making
for example if a people requires something today on an urgent basis then he or she will receive
two or three days later. This is considered not only the carelessness but also the poor
management style adoption by the institution (Beare, Caldwell and Millikan, 2018). Second is
the message distortion which means that traditional management style used by the institution
uses the top-down approach to convey the message if any requirement is asked by the people or
the employees who are working at operational level. Message which is passed from top to down
or from down to bottom is distorted in a very hilarious manner. This has resulted in the poor
management and operations in the institution. Third reason is the lack of individual authority
which means that traditional structure assigns the authority to the post on which the person is
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working rather than the individual. This describes that an individual manager does not own any
respect. They inherit it. The situation in the institution is not at all normal but is considered as the
partial form of the management which is considered at the lowest level of management anyone
can adopt. Fourth reason is the inability to adapt globally which means that until and unless the
institution will not leave the old style of Management then they can never operate their
institution in an international form which means that a growth and development is restricted
(Afuah, 2020). 5th reason is the low creativity because they believe in the rigid management
style not to change at any cost even if it is the time of creativity or innovation in the institution.
Six reason is the communication problem which means that institution was facing the high
communication problem among their internal as well as external stakeholders because they have
restricted the communication hierarchy in the Institution and only formal type of communication
is allowed which cannot be possible if institution wants to grow. Seventh reason is the high cost
which means that there were a lot of expenses institution was facing because of the old
management style they have adopted because not only it consumes time and energy but also the
cost as well. Eighth reason is the less happenings which means that if employers and employees
are only not happy with the management style and operations in the Institution then they won't
be able to give happiness to the people to whom they are treating physically and mentally (Shaw,
Borrel, Sabbaghan and Claydon, 2019). All the reasons which are mention in order to change the
outlook of care home management from old managements style to the new management style are
totally evidenced and justified. Because such management style which the institution has already
adopted has proved to be the old as per the literature and these management styles are adopted by
the old organisations who do not want to transform but the institutions who Aspire to transform
their management in terms of their services they are providing to the people should definitely
adopt the new management style that is the strategic management which is necessary and
essential for the organisations who want to grow and develop in order to expand at national or
international level. All such reasons are enough to demonstrate the transformation of care home
management from its novice outlook to the expert outlook (Afuah, 2020).
New management tactics in care home management
New management tactics that must be applied in the care home management should be the
strategic management which involves the Lots of practices which provides benefits to the
stakeholders of the institution either the employers or employees or the people who are living in
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the Institution. First management solution for the care home management can be empowering of
employees in order to be the part of the process which means that delegating some roles and
responsibilities to the Employees in terms of giving rights of decision making so that they can
feel that they are an essential part of the process and feel satisfied with the job (Al-Tabbaa,
Ankrah and Zahoor, 2019). This can benefit the organisation because then they will perform their
job in a better manner and behaves good with the people home they are treating. Second
management solution for the care home management can be the obsession over continuous
quality improvement which means that the leaders should not stop their improvements whatever
they are doing with the people in the institution they must enhance their quality so that the
people who are living in the organisation can feel satisfied with the treatment they are doing with
them either physically or mentally. Third management solution for the care home management is
to provide continuous skill building and team Centre goals and values which means that whether
employers for the people who are living in the institution, all must be provided with the skill
development event so that they can be comfortable with the group and as an individual as well.
4th management solution for the care home management is the rendering of consistent and
informal feedback with the formal feedback which means that everyone in the institution at the
employees or employers are the people living in the institution must be given the feedback about
the performance they are giving to the organisation either it can be in the informal feedback for
formal feedback but it should be the instant feedback so that they can improve timely without
any delay (Eden, Nielsen and Verbeke, 2020). There are basically three strategic management
styles with the care home management can adopt for the better functionality of which
organisation. First is the autocratic management style which means that leader will only take the
decision in an organisation on any topic or any concern area. It is of further two types such as
authoritative management style which means that leader is the only authorised one who is
responsible for the accomplishment of the task and persuasive management style which means
that leader is responsible to persuade the people who are working under them in order to make
them work for the organisation. Second is Democratic management styles which means that
leader also gives permission to the subordinates to make some decisions. It is of further 4 types
such as consultative management style which means that employees prefer to consult with the
manager before performing any decision towards the task, participating management style which
means that employees initiate in the decision-making and participate in it to implement in the
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group, collaborative management style which means that all the subordinates in the team makes
the unity in the group and makes the decision as per the needs and requirements of each and
every member and coaching management style which means that manager acts as a mentor and
teaches their subordinates that how they can make the decision according to the task given. Third
is the laissez faire management style which means that all the authority and the whole decision
making is in the hands of the employees and leaders responsibility is only to provide the
resources to accomplish the task to the Employees. Which means employees are free to achieve
the task in their own manner by taking their own decisions on a timely basis. All such styles are
adopted as per the situation arise in the institution they cannot be adopted all at the same time it
is always adopted as per the demand of the situation currently in the Institution so that the
circumstances can be handled in an effective manner (Smith and Williams, 2018).
Advantages of fresh management approaches in care home management
There are various advantages of fresh management approaches in care home management
such as first is the creation of better future which means that if strategic management approaches
are adopted by the care home management as suggested above then it can help the organisation
to create a better future and effective decision making for enhanced future considerations. There
is always a difference between reactive and proactive activities. If company adopt the strategic
management then the company will always be on the defensive side instead of offensive side.
Second is the identification of the strategic directions which means that strategic management
helps the organisation to find out the accurate directions in which the organisation is required to
follow and which are strategic in nature because such directions helps in decision making in an
organisation so that they can care the people in a more potential manner by moving onto the
correct directions given by the practices of strategic management in an organisation (Andersson,
Cuervo-Cazurra and Nielsen, 2020). It is essentially and clearly describing the goals and Mission
of the company. The major target of this type of management is to describe the realistic goals
and objectives which has to be in an orderly manner with the mission and vision of the company.
It provides the base for the company which is dependent on the progress that can be measured
and on the basis of employees which has to be compensated for making the strategic directions in
the company. Third is the making of better business decisions which means that in every
business either profit or non-profit business it is important to make the decisions in order to grow
and expand the organisation with better development faces. Therefore, decision making needs to
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