Duration
Organization and management : 9h Th
Accounting and financial management : 9h Th
General concepts of management and quality management : 18h Th
Number of credits
Advanced Master in Hospital Pharmacy | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Organization and management : Hugues Malonne
Accounting and financial management : Magali Pirson
General concepts of management and quality management : Viviane Lievin, Didier Van Caillie
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
General concepts of management and quality management
This course discusses the main management principles that are useful for managing a pharmaceutical business unit in an healthcare organization (HCO).
Organized in 2 parts, it discusses successively :
- The main management principles in an organization viewed as a portfolio of financial, human, technical and intangible resources, resources that have to be coordinated and motivated by each manager in an efficient perspective in order to allow that its global organization be able to reach regularly the many objectives that are awaited by its stakeholders.
- The main quality and security management principles in an HCO, taking into account its diverse constraints.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
General concepts of management and quality management
The Intended Learning Outcomes for this course are :
- Ability to read and understand texts, documents and concepts from the managerial and economic literature, in order to implement good management practices, total quality management practices and security management practices in a pharmaceutical business unit in an HCO.
- Ability to understand a classical management problem in this type of business unit, ability to identify its determinants and constraints and to propose a coherent solution, based and argued on rigorous arguments.
- Ability to express in a rigorous and clear way any management problem, its components and its constraints, either verbally or in a written form.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General concepts of management and quality management
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
General concepts of management and quality management
- Theoretical concepts (ex-caethedra) : 8 hours
- Case studies : 8 hours
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
General concepts of management and quality management
Blended learning
Additional information:
A first class session is traditionally held on the first Monday of February and presents the theoretical concepts and tools used.
A second interactive session is traditionally held on the third Monday of April and allows for a presentation and discussion of practical cases carried out by the students in their hospital pharmacy.
Recommended or required readings
General concepts of management and quality management
Required readings provided at the start of the first course in a PDF format
General concepts of management and quality management
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
- Individual report to prepare and to present during the second course session
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
General concepts of management and quality management
Dates and rooms are updated regularly in the general planning of the year, depending on the Covid context
Contacts
General concepts of management and quality management
For any contact :
Prof. D. Van Caillie : d.vancaillie@ulg.ac.be