Comments about MSc Theory of Constraints (Health Care Management) - At the institution - Nottingham - Nottinghamshire
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Objectives
This course has been specifically designed to develop internal leaders who are capable of successfully delivering a breakthrough in their own health and social care system. The theory of constraints (TOC) is increasingly acknowledged for its ability to deliver a breakthrough in performance across the health and social care environment. There are now many case studies demonstrating its success in large teaching hospitals, district general hospitals, community hospitals, mental health facilities and across the whole health and social care system. The key to its successful implementation is the development of internal capability and understanding of TOC.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements Applicants should posses a degree, or the ability to demonstrate appropriate critical evaluation skills, have at least 4 years’ relevant experience and the capacity to undertake a suitable work-based project.Typically, applicants will have management responsibility for some aspect of the delivery system or improvement process in primary care trusts, acute hospitals or social care services.
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Course description
Modules
* Managing Health and Social Care Delivery Systems
* Operations Management (managing in a complex health environment)
* Project Management (managing the patient journey)
* Supply Chain Management (managing healthcare supply logistics)
* Measurements and Systems Improvement (achieving a process of ongoing improvement)
* Management of Change
* Strategy (achieving strategic improvement across a health and social care system)
* Work-based Project Proposal (developing a strategic improvement plan across your health and social care system)
* Work-based Project (implementing a strategic improvement plan across your health and social care system)
Accreditation
The course is co-sponsored by Dr Eli Goldratt and QFI consulting who are the leading providers of the Theory of Constraints in health care across the world.
Assessment
Assessment will largely be via submitted coursework and presentations, the major piece being the work-based project. The assessment methods used are designed to reflect the work environment and encourage the integration of theory and practice.
The group consultancy project will assess your ability to apply what you have learnt to a health care organisation and your ability to work as part of a team.
The work-based project is designed to assess your ability to creatively apply the tools in the analysis and design as well as practically implement the improvement in an operational environment.
Course content
This course has been designed to equip you with the practical skills and theoretical understanding needed to manage the health and social care system within your organisation.
The course aims to enable you to:
* understand the TOC approach to ongoing improvement in the context of health and social care
* critically evaluate and integrate the TOC approach with other related developments
* use reflective thinking skills to continually develop your theoretical understanding
* successfully undertake an improvement cycle that involves system analysis innovative design and team implementation
* be able to assess and develop your personal managerial skills and values
Graduate employability
The demaned for expertise in the field is growing rapidly worldwide. This course enables graduates to enhance their career prospects within health and social care systems, as well as within a wide range of manufacturing and service organisations.
How do you study?
This MSc is delivered part-time over a period of 18 months, encompassing seven application based modules taught in five-day blocks.
Professional development
The TOC is a respected approach to organisational improvement worldwide and practical expertise in its use is actively sought by a wide range of manufacturing and service organisations.
This course has specific relevance to health and social care systems and the demand for such expertise is rapidly growing in the UK and increasingly worldwide.
Professional recognition
Nottingham Business School is one of the UK’s leading full service business schools, providing a wide range of Business and Management education services for individuals and organisations. The School’s reputation within the international and global business world continues to go from strength to strength as a result of its consistent performance in terms of accreditation, student performance and research, and its impressive client base.
Resources and facilities
Nottingham Business School’s professional approach to management education is supported by a suite of state-of-the-art teaching rooms and the latest in communication and information technology. The School provides a high quality management learning environment, designed to encourage creative thinking about real world issues confronting managers and their organisations.
