Hospital Management in Saurashtra University

Can you provide me the syllabus/course structure for Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Healthcare Management (PGDHHM) offered by Saurashtra University?

[shikha]

The syllabus/course structure for Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Healthcare Management (PGDHHM) offered by Saurashtra University is as follows:

First Semester
Paper I (30 hours)

Foundations of Health and Healthcare System
1. Concept of health & disease: Concept of Prevention, Preventive Medicine,
2. History of Hospitals. Characteristics Hospitals as industry, Community Medicine
& Hospitals.
3. Introduction to Primary Health Care, Definition, Principles, Functions, Evolution
of Health Care System. Organisation of Health Services at central, state &
district level including Municipal Corporations & Councils, Panchayat Raj
institutions. Inter-sectoral linkages.
4. Role of hospitals in health care system.
5. National health policy, National Rural and Urban Health Mission.
6. National Health Programmes. International Health Agencies.
7. Concepts of family welfare. National Family Welfare programme. MCH and
RCH programmes.

Paper II (30 hours)

Principles of Management
1. Management: Definitions, Concepts, Theories, Basic Principals and Functions
of Management.
2. Planning: Nature, Types, Purpose, Process, Forecasting, Planning Decisions,
Setting Standards. Policy Making.
3. Organisation: Nature, Purpose, Levels and Spans, Delegation, Centralization
V/s Decentralization, Authority, Responsibility, Accountability, Lines of
Authority, Line of communication, Organisation in Health Intuitions.
4. Controlling: Nature, Purpose, Systems, Tools and Techniques.
5. Co-ordination: Concept. Manager as a Co-ordinator.
6. Decision making: Concept, Process, Types.
7. Management by objectives (MBO)
8. Time management: Concept.
9. Management of change: Types of change, Strategies, Human Elements in
Change.