1 Assignment 2: Interview Report – information about assignment. 7411MED Leadership in Management for Health Services Trimester 1 2017 Assignment 2 – complete interview report Health Services Management|School of Medicine Assessment Item Due Date Weighting to Overall Course Result Item Marked Out Of - Assignment 2 – Interview Report 24th April, 2017 at 09:00hours (Brisbane time) 40% 100 Assignment Details  Report Length: 2,000 words – word count does not include reference lists; tables and charts etc.  Marks: The assignment will be marked out of 100. This assessment work counts towards 40% of the total course mark. Your interview report will be marked on the following criteria:  Text Matching: Check for correct citation and referencing in your work – there are draft SafeAssign portals for you to lodge your work to check and review.  Assignment Due Date: Ensure your final assignment is loaded into the Final SafeAssign portal by: 9am (Brisbane time) on Monday 24th April 2017 Assignment Question Arrange to interview someone working in a leadership role in a health care or services organisation or setting. The purpose of this interview is to find out about the leadership traits and characteristics of the person you are interviewing and to gain some insight as to how they may have been developed or shaped in their career etc.2 Assignment Use material covered in Module 3 of the course to develop appropriate questions and an interview line or approach to find out about/from your interviewee:  what traits and characteristics they feel they have in their leadership style  what factors (e.g. personality, situational, learned etc.) influenced, affected and emerged those traits and characteristics  any issues or aspects of leadership traits and characteristics they think leading in the health care environment are important, difficult, need to be developed etc Assignment Prepare a report on your findings and relationship to the literature and learning from this course. Develop an appropriate framework or approach to compare and contrast your findings from interview to the traits and characteristics outlined in the literature that we have looked at in this course. Include in your report discussion on your findings; learning; and any issues related to traits and characteristics of the leader in a healthcare environment. Refer to appropriate literature to support your analysis and findings. Arrangements In making your arrangements:  you must tell the person the purpose of your interview and that you will be writing an assignment report on the interview and your findings – you need to ensure the interviewee consents to this interview on those terms  you can, of course, de-identify the name and identity of the person you interview when you prepare your report Structure of Assignment The format of your 'report' document can be any appropriate format (e.g. essay style; report style; case study style etc. etc.) you think appropriate for this task but you should include the following headings into your format:  Introduction  Methodology (includes detail of leadership role; type of organisation; how interview was carried out; reference to questions used etc. etc. – de-identified where necessary or appropriate)  Results/Findings (main outcomes from the interview)  Discussion (short discussion from outcomes of the interview and relationship to literature etc)  Conclusion  References3 An approach  Consider the task – traits and characteristics  Consider the time you have for interview and the size of your report  Compare and contrast findings  Know your topic and material – don't stray off the key question points  Develop a plan and maybe a question sheet to guide and control the process  Develop a framework to present your materials and give structure to your writing Possible 'Qs and As' Q: 2,000 word assignment – does that mean +/- 10% on the word count? A: No – our policy: 2,00 words means just that. Any material/words in tables, charts, appendices, reference list etc. etc. does not count towards the 2,000 word limit. Citation words within your document do count towards the word limit. Q: Do I have to provide references? A: Yes – the assignment calls for the comparison and discussion of your interview findings to what is in the research and literature – so you will be using other's work and so referencing of that is required. Q: Do I need to develop questions and do I put them in my assignment. A: You might develop some questions to manage your interview in terms of seeking content (answers) and also time management etc. Including any questions in your assignment would be your decision depending on your presentation etc. structure. Remember: Don't forget to consult the "Health Services Management Courses - Style Guides and Support Materials" guide (found under the 'Start Here' navigation tab on the course site) for information about fonts, setting out, title pages etc etc Use SafeAssign – checking and upload Please use the SafeAssign system to both check your draft assignments and to finally upload your completed assignment document. For each assignment a DRAFT and FINAL portal has been provided. You can use the DRAFT portal several times to check several drafts etc. Health Services Management|School of Medicine You can also use this second draft checking portal In addition to SafeAssign draft portals provided in the course site you can also use the University-wide "SafeAssign Draft Organisation site in L@G" – the portal for this site is found on the main 'Assessment ' page on the course site. Health Services Management|School of Medicine4 Your SafeAssign Similarity or Originality Report  When your draft assignments are processed through the DRAFT SafeAssign system – SafeAssign will send back a similarity report or text matching report. Further details on this report are found on the 'Assessment' page on the course site.  Review this to ensure you have correctly paraphrased, cited and referenced – if necessary make changes (and you can resubmit another draft through the DRAFT portal).  What is the % I should stay under??? – the overall % figure that the report shows is an initial guide – what is critical is reviewing what was matched and either recognising why it did that (e.g. it is highlighting the title of a book you referenced) or if you dealt correctly with the matched text reported (e.g. if you have quoted material from someone else's work that you have correctly and properly cited that reference). Health Services Management|School of Medicine Upload Your Logs into SafeAssign Please use the FINAL SafeAssign portal to finally upload your completed assignment document. Submit your report as a Word document and use a document file name with your student number in it. Health Services Management|School of Medicine Health Services Management|School of Medicine Assessment Item Due Date Weighting to Overall Course Result Item Marked Out Of - Assignment 2 – Interview Report 24th February, 2017 at 09:00hours (Brisbane time) 40% 100