HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This is a course about the leadership and management of health and health care institutions. Emphasis is put both on the development of health (care) management and of various ways of managing health care institutions and professionals today and tomorrow. The main theories of management will be discussed. Empirically emphasis is laid on Western Europe and North America. Since health management to such an extent is a continuation of health (care) policy, this course is explicitly related to courses in health policy development.
Learning outcome
To manage is to act toward a whole organization, or a whole part of an organization. Since this is done both “holistically” and in many specialized ways, those who take this course will both learn the basis of “holistic” (or general) management and the various specialized forms of management. But since this is an introductory course, the “holistic” side of leading and managing – including the choice of management style (or role) – will be given priority. Some concepts of special importance to healthcare managment will be discussed, but in general, students will learn more concretely how to use the various forms of managing in more technically specialized courses.
Thus the main purpose of the course is more scholarly than technical.
This also means that the course should make students become more aware of the relevance and attractiveness of a managerial career for themselves: The course has existential sides to it.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with HME4209 – Leadership and organization (discontinued)
- 5 credits overlap with HMM4201 – Leadership and organization (discontinued)
Teaching
The course is based on literature, lectures and independent studies.
A wide and somewhat varied literature is presented, discussed and integrated through lectures. It is important that students have done their homework before each lecture, so that they can engage in discussions about perspectives presented in the syllabus literature and by the lecturer. Since this is also a kind of maturation course it is important that students work diligently on their own, and through colloquia, with the topics covered in the course and with test problems that will be uploaded on Canvas. Students should to a large exctent regard themselves as their own teachers – as the teacher will regard himself as an intellectual obstetrician.
Examination
Written examination.
Grading
The Board at the University of Oslo has decided to introduce detailed guidelines for all examinations, which take place at the University. The description of the grading should be clear and transparent. This is done to ensure alignment between learning outcomes, assignments, and grading. The Faculty of Medicine has developed a web page with information regarding exams and the grading procedures (norwegian version).
Digital examination
The written examination is conducted in the digital examination system Inspera. You will need to familiarize yourself with the digital examination arrangements in Inspera.
Read more about written examinations using Inspera.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Use of sources and citation
You should familiarize yourself with the rules that apply to the use of sources and citations. If you violate the rules, you may be suspected of cheating/attempted cheating.
Language of examination
For students at Eu-HEM: English
For students at HEPAM: The problem set will be given in English. Answers can be given in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
For HEPMA students:
For Eu-HEM students:
An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimate absence (usually illness) in January and August. If you are entitled to a re-sit you must contact the student advisor via email no longer than one week after the result of the exam has been published.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.