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Professional Portfolio

Portfolio Assignment: Using Case Studies as a Leadership Developmental Tool

Throughout previous courses, you learned about the importance of possessing a solid foundation in leadership and management theory and strategy. This course underscores the importance of understanding how to apply this knowledge to complex situations to find creative solutions. Using a case study approach provides a risk-free environment within which to practice critical thinking and analytically skills and work with other professionals to develop solutions to multidimensional problems.

In your professional role as a nurse manager or nurse executive, you will need to provide similar learning experiences for your staff to enhance their knowledge and skills in critical thinking and problem solving. In this Portfolio Assignment, you will use the case study method to create a leadership development learning experience that will allow your staff to focus on an issue you would like them to consider, analyze, and work together to solve.

Consider your own professional experiences as well as the field experiences you completed throughout your master*****s degree program.

What issues or problems within the leadership and management role were of particular interest to you?

What common operational and organizational issues did you learn about? Think about the case studies you examined and analyzed and how you might prepare a case study based on your own experiences.

Design a leadership development exercise and summarize it in a 4- to 5-page paper as follows:

Identify a real or hypothetical work problem you think would be beneficial for a group of direct care staff or middle managers to analyze and solve. Provide a rationale for your choice.

The scenario should be based on an underlying theme or themes and include the overt manifestations or *****symptoms***** of the problem. List and describe one or more specific themes the case highlights along with the overt examples that document the existence of the issue.

Write a 1- to 2-page case study that clearly communicates the problem by providing essential details, relevant and useful information, and concrete examples. Feel free to use a creative approach in providing case information (e.g., memoranda, highlights from a meeting, dialogue from a conversation, etc.) Provide a title for the case that indicates the problem the group will explore. (Note: The 1- to 2-page case study is included in the total 4- to 5- pages of this assignment.)

Articulate possible actions/interventions that could be implemented to solve the identified problem. These should be comprehensive and address the underlying theme or themes as well as the *****symptoms.***** Include abstracts from two or more peer-reviewed journal articles that provide a theoretical foundation for the courses of action you have identified. (Note: Abstracts will not be counted in the assignment page requirements.)

Describe what you would like the group to learn from this activity. What are the expected outcomes? How can group members apply their learning from this activity in their daily practice?

Please follow the directions and address all questions.

Article: Okes, D. (2008). The human side of root cause analysis. Journal for Quality & Participation, 31(3), 20-29.

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Article: Williams, L. (2008). Liability landscape. The value of a root cause analysis. Long-Term Living: For the Continuing Care Professional, 57(11), 34-37.

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Course Text: Kovner, A. R., McAlearney, A. S., & Neuhauser, D. (Eds.). (2009). Health services management: Cases, readings, and commentary (9th ed.). Chicago: Health Administration Press.

pp. xxiii*****xxiv*****"Learning Through the Case Method"