Murdoch University Strategic Health Leadership Assignment

This assignment solution addresses questions related to strategic health leadership and management, focusing on the profile of a guest speaker, Donna Shell, a project and change coordinator. It identifies key qualifications and experiences, such as her transition from financial services to the health sector, and her project management expertise in the health and social care sector. The assignment delves into challenges within the disability sector, including underfunding, lack of strategic approaches, communication issues, and poorly defined goals. It then proposes strategies for managing these challenges, assessing problems, and adopting effective leadership styles. The solution also outlines plans for transforming the disability sector and managing resources effectively, even with funding constraints, referencing relevant academic sources.

Running head:STRATEGIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
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Answer 1.
Donna has been identified as a healthcare project manager who oversees a wide
variety of projects. She is very fast-paced with stress handle capacity and deals with different
personalities in the organisation (Gradel et al. 2016). Her desired skill and qualities include
interpersonal skill, problem-solving skills, multitasking skills and flexibility. She must be a
bachelor’s degree holder in relevant areas such as health management, health administration,
nursing, business administration and public health administration. An advanced degree in
healthcare management and business administration course provide a wide range of
opportunities. An MBA in healthcare management might have helped her to attain the height.
She must have 6-8 years of experience in a higher managerial position in the field of NGO or
UN organisation, preferably having disability programme management or community
development experience.
Answer 2.
The challenges that she faced in the disability sectors are underfunding without
flexible support option, lack of strategic approach and leadership quality and a sense of
isolation. Inadequate communication is another most potential challenge in the disability
sector (Fujimoto et al. 2014). Poorly defined goals and poor team skills also contribute to the
challenges that persist in the disability sector.
Answer 3.
1) How do you manage the challenges faced in the disability sector? What qualities
are required to assess the problems of the disability sector? What is your
leadership style while working in the disability sector?
2) How do you plan to transform the disability sector towards betterment? How will
you manage the outsource resources despite underfunding?

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References
Fujimoto, Yuka, Ruth Rentschler, Huong Le, David Edwards, and Charmine EJ Härtel.
"Lessons learned from community organisations: Inclusion of people with disabilities
and others." British Journal of Management 25, no. 3 (2014): 518-537.
Gradel, Maximilian, Stefan Moder, Leo Nicolai, Tanja Pander, Boj Hoppe, Severin Pinilla,
Philip Von der Borch, Martin R. Fischer, and Konstantinos Dimitriadis. "Simulating
the physician as healthcare manager: an innovative course to train for the manager
role." GMS journal for medical education 33, no. 3 (2016).