221.602.02
Applications in Managing Health Organizations in Low and Middle Income Countries

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Class Time(s)
Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Anbrasi Edward
Contact Name
Anbrasi Edward
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Uses case studies, a simulation, and group-based activities, supplemented by required weekly online lectures and readings, students explore a variety of settings found in low and middle-income countries in which to apply management concepts. Examines: (1) organizational restructuring in response to decentralization, (2) environmental scanning ,(3) systems behavior in hospital organizations, (4) multiple approaches to group decision making, (5) managing to achieve agreement in health organizations, (6) preparing, implementing, and communicating a budget that is based on limited resources within a business, (7) performance improvement concepts and tools in a healthcare organization, and (8) the construct of a “balanced score card” for a health organization. Applies these concepts to the activities and assignments in this management skills learning lab.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Collaborate effectively in teams to tackle problems faced by managers in health organizations
  2. Apply SWOT analysis to evaluate the environmental and organizational factors influencing an organizational change
  3. Apply communication and collaboration skills effectively in addressing organizational systems issues
  4. Apply strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships
  5. Use quality improvement and systems thinking tools to analyze and resolve operational problems
  6. Apply basic principles and tools of budgeting, including developing a budget based on information regarding service volume, staffing levels, salary rates, and supply usage and costs
  7. Articulate the metrics required to create a balanced scorecard to monitor organizational performance
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 25% Participation
  • 50% Assignments
  • 25% Quizzes
Enrollment Restriction
No undergraduates. Experience working in the health sector in LMICs required for students not in IH
Instructor Consent
Consent required for all students
Consent Note
All students must request consent by emailing Cristina Salazar csalazar@jhu.edu
Consent Contact
aedward1@jhu.edu
Special Comments

Consent required for all students by emailing Cristina Salazar (csalazar@jhu.edu). Students in the MSPH GDEC, Health Systems, SBI, and PHD in Health Systems programs are required to take this course and will be admitted to the course. Interested student outside the above-mentioned programs must email csalazar@jhu.edu requesting permission stating relevant experience and day/time they want to enroll in. Space is limited and not guaranteed. Class meets in person.
This class blends traditional classroom time and outside-of-class activities with a corresponding reduction in class sessions. The class will meet once a week. Students are expected to spend one hour a week on class work in addition to regular homework.