Review Case Study: Authority and Leadership
Review the details of the case Authority and Leadership: Rising From the Ranks from your course text, and answer to the following :
1. Identify the potential advantages Julie might enjoy in becoming manager of a group of which she has long been a member, and contrast these with the possible disadvantages that might present themselves because she has long been a member of this group.
2. Describe how Julie will have to proceed in establishing herself as the legitimate possessor or supervisory authority on the unit, and describe the sources and forms of Julie’s authority.
Required Resources
Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.):
Adaptation, Motivation, and Conflict Management
Training and Development: The Backbone of Motivation and Retention
Authority, Leadership, and Supervision
Liebler, J. G. & McConnell, C. R. (2012). Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Multimedia
Greenbranch Publishing (Producer). (2007, October 1). Stop the medical office bickering [Audio podcast]. Soundpractice.net. Retrieved from https://www.soundpractice.net/article.cfm?id=317
Recommended Resources
Articles
Davidson, S. J. (2010). Complex responsive processes: A new lens for leadership in twenty-first-century health care. Nursing Forum, 45(2), 108-117. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Lees, P. (2010). Health care special report: The clinician as leader: Leadership saves lives. Business Strategy Review, 21(4), 26-31. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Wallace, K. (2009). Creating an effective new employee orientation program. Library Leadership & Management, 23(4), 168-176. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.