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Explore Your Management Style
Objective
This assignment supports the following lesson objective:
- Describe three primary management styles
Assignment Relationship to Standards and Program Outcomes
This assignment meets the following program outcomes, course outcomes, and standards
| COURSE OUTCOMES | CURRICULUM THREADS | PROGRAM OUTCOMES | AACN ESSENTIALS | QSEN | IOM |
| 2. Recommend a nursing management style for a given situation. | Leadership | 4. Use knowledge and skills in nursing leadership and management to promote continuous quality improvement, safety, and interdisciplinary care across the health care continuum. | II. Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety | 2. Teamwork and Collaboration | 1. Provide patient-centered care |
Assignment Overview
In this writing assignment, you will write a paper from the perspective of your current role as a staff nurse or manager. The paper must follow APA guidelines for format to include running head, title page, abstract, paper with citations, and references.
Deliverables
- A two- to three-page 400- to 650-word) paper
Assignment Details
Perform the following tasks:
- Read about and discuss three management styles.
Using the information from the lesson on management styles, address the following questions:
- Describe yourself (be sure to include your current area of employment, job title, and years of experience).
- Explain a time you had to take charge on your clinical unit (be specific).
- Describe the management style you used and the type of power you had. Discuss whether your management style was effective and what you would have done differently.
- Would you use a different management style in the future in the same situation?
- Which management style would you choose going forward and why?
- Select two additional management styles and describe how the outcome would be different if you had used them in the situation you have described and why.
- Save and submit your assignment.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the dropbox.
Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.
| Assignment 1_ Management Style | Points Awarded x Multiplier= Total Points | ||||||||||||
| CRITERIA | Excellent (4) | Good (3) | Fair (2) | Poor (1) | Not Demonstrated (0) | Weighting | Points Awarded (0-4) | Multiplier | Total Points | ||||
| content | *Clear language *Information is accurate and thorough *Sufficient and accurate supporting information * Main idea is clearly stated Detailed perspective of current role as a staff nurse or manager. Detailed information from the lesson to describe management styles, addressing all questions: | *Language used is mostly clear *Information is accurate and fairly thorough *Sufficient and accurate supporting information * Main idea is clearly stated Perspective of your current role as a staff nurse or manager. Using the information from the lesson to describe management styles, addressing all questions: | *Language used is not very clear *Information is inaccurate or not thorough *Supporting information is insufficient but mostly accurate * Main idea is not clearly stated Limited perspective of current role as a staff nurse or manager limited. Using the information from the lesson to provides a limited description of management styles, addressing all questions: | *There are many issues with language usage *Information is inaccurate or not thorough *Supporting information is insufficient or inaccurate * Main idea is not clearly stated Describe role as a staff nurse or manager without personal perspective. Using the information from the lesson to describe management styles, however does not address all questions: | *The assignment was not completed *The assignment is poorly written, and the information used is inaccurate and insufficient * There is no attempt to address main idea *The language used was inappropriate No mention of perspective as a current role as a staff nurse or manager. Does not describe management styles, and does not address all questions: | 50% | _____ | 12.5 | = _____ | ||||
| organization | * Well-organized; appropriate flow * No citation errors * Appropriate length * No format errors | * Good organization and flow * Few citation errors * Appropriate length * Few format errors | * There are issues with the organization and flow * There are a few citation errors * The length is not appropriate * There are a few format errors | * There are issues with the organization and flow * There are many citation errors * The length is not appropriate * There are many format errors | * The assignment was not completed *The assignment is not organized in any way; formatting is incorrect * Proper citations were not used | 30% | _____ | 7.5 | = ____ | ||||
| mechanics | No spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | Spelling, grammar, or punctuation are mostly error-free. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | A few spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper. | Many spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page less than (500- to 750-word) paper | *The assignment was not completed *The assignment is full of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. Missing the two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | 20% | _____ | 5 | = _____ | ||||
| 100% | Total Points (out of 100) | ||||||||||||
