BMI Course Information
BMI 332 Team Dynamics for Healthcare IT Projects (3)
Instructor Information |
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Fall 2009 |
Course not offered |
Spring 2009 |
Course not offered |
Catalog Description
This course teaches the fundamentals of leadership, management, and team dynamics in a project-focused software engineering environment, and with a focus on informatics and health care applications. The course will teach students about team and group dynamics, recognizing dysfunctional teams, and helping to fostering productive group and leadership skills.
Prerequisites
CSE 100 or 110 or 182 and BMI 201
Textbook and Other Materials
Health care management: organizational design and behavior, 4th edition by Stephen M Shortell, Arnold D. Kaluzny (Delmar Thompson Learning ISBN: 0-07-301933-x)
Software Engineering: a Practitioner’s Approach, 6th edition by Roger S. Pressman, PhD, (McGraw Hill ISBN: 0-7668-1072-0) (Optional)
Course Learning Outcomes
Student who successfully complete this course will:
1. Recognize both productive and dysfunctional team dynamics.
2. Demonstrate and apply productive team and leadership skills to a group project.
3. Design technical and work management plans for software projects.
4. Develop critical evaluation skills for team performance.
Major Topics and Time Covered
Organizations and Managers (2 week)
Organization Theory and Health services Management
The managerial role
Management spectrum: the people, the product, the process, the project
Motivating, Leading, and negotiating (3 weeks)
Motivating people
Leadership: a framework for thinking and acting
Conflict management and negotiation
The people: the stakeholders, team leaders, the software team, coordination and communication issues
Operating a technical system (2 weeks)
Determining appropriate workgroups and design groups and teams in health services organizations
Work design (2 weeks)
Establishing communication and coordination mechanisms
Coordinating and communication
Software scope, probably composition
The W5 HH principle
The development process (2 week)
Melding the product and the process, process decomposition
Exerting influence (1 week)
Power and politics in health services organizations
In response to problems of the technical performance (1 week)
Productivity
Efficiency
Quality
Consumer satisfaction
Critical practices, summary (1 week)