Task: Develop a leadership and management powerpoint presentation on an approved topic for delivery to a senior nursing audience. Provide a written presentation plan and rationale to accompany the presentation.
Details of task:
In management and nursing textbooks and published literature, there is an abundance of information about human resource management and leadership. For this assessment either select a topic from the list below or negotiate a topic of interest to you; study the topic; and then prepare a staff development teaching session and presentation on the topic for a senior nursing audience. The aim of this assessment task is to demonstrate your skills and knowledge regarding management and leadership in nursing by making a presentation to a senior nursing group.
List of possible topics:
Option 1: Employee performance goal setting and review
Option 2: Professional/clinical supervision models
Option 3: Team development activities
Option 4: Employee mentorship
Option 5: Practice development in the workplace
Option 6: A negotiated topic
The presentation will:
• Outline key management or leadership principles as ‘best’ practice for these activities.
• Identify likely situations where these activities would be undertaken in nursing workplaces.
• Highlight potential benefits and risks associated with the implementation of these activities.
• Identify source material that the audience may find useful to read.
The presentation should be developed using ‘powerpoint’ software. The presentation session must be strictly limited to 20 minutes, no more than 15 powerpoint slides may be used. A short written presentation outline (up to 1000 words) should be submitted in conjunction with the presentation. These written materials should include an imagined workplace scenario as background to the session, a short briefing on the context of the teaching session, the plan for the session, presentation notes, and references (as evidence of your research on the topic).
Due date: Friday 19 May 2017
Word limit: 1,000 words
Value: 20%
Presentation requirements: Academic, Powerpoint presentation, Word processed, APA 6th Edition referencing
Estimated return date: 4 weeks later
Criteria for Marking Assessment Task 3
The academic content of the presentation outline (60 marks)
Academic basis of the presentation - 10 marks
Workplace scenario as background to the session - 10 marks
Short briefing on the context of the teaching session - 10 marks
The plan for the session - 10 marks
Presentation notes for each slide - 20 marks
The powerpoint presentation (30 marks)
Organisation of the presentation - 10 marks
Succinctness and clarity of messages on the slides - 10 marks
Quality of the presentation materials, conformity with instructions -10 marks
Presentation and style (10 marks)
Clarity of expression – 5 marks
Citations and references – 5 marks