EXECUTIVE MASTER OF SCIENCE (HEALTH

ADMINISTRATION)
Build on your existing experience to become a leader who can confidently address todays
healthcare challenges and build innovative and lasting solutions for the future of the
healthcare industry.
Enroll in the Asian e University Executive MSc (Health Administration) program and join
other healthcare professionals in a focused examination of the specific healthcare
management solutions that deliver dynamic results in a variety of healthcare settings.
Whether you currently work in a hospital, private practice, insurance company, NGO or a
related health services organization, youll learn new ways to improve healthcare from the
executive level.
Discover the practical knowledge that can help you to increase efficiency, advance the
quality of care, develop better resource management, improve procedure, implement new
technology, and structure organizational management. Developed for both mid-career
clinical and management professionals, the Executive MSc (Health Administration) program
from the Asia e University delivers a transformative graduate level educational experience
designed to prepare the nations leading healthcare Administrators.
This course structure is based on the concepts of strategic management. With each module
candidates are expected to formulate the organization.
The program outcomes are:

Effective management of health industry organizations, Hospitals and healthcare

centers and supplies
Strategic business planning
Managing international health organizations
Well equipped with tools and strategies of program planning
Managing aged care services

COURSE STRUCUTRE
The course structure consists of Management core, Hospital & Healthcare Management core and
the Project Work and total course envisages 47 credits and non health professional need to
complete two modules which are compulsory modules for the completion of the program. The
description of the course structure and the synopsis is as follows:
A. MANAGEMENT CORE

Code

Course

Course Synopsis

MGT 512

Strategic management
in Health Industry

This module introduces the basic concepts of management

principles and practices and gives an introduction to the
healthcare service industry. It will also introduce the
management concepts such as Systems management and
Management by Objective which are important to modern
hospital administrators. There will be a great focus on the
description on the hospital and its services with a special
emphasis on Hospital Administration. Introduction to the basic
concepts, roles of Hospital Administration will allow the
administrator to look in to the future challenges and the
opportunities in the sector in global and local context.
Futhermore, this module will
cover the organizational
behaviour and its importance to effective Hospital
administration. Supervision, leadership, division of labour and
motivation which are key concepts and tools needed for the
modern hospital manager will be described here. More
importanlty it will also describe how emotional intelligence and
communication will support to build an effective organizational
culture .

MGT 513

Human Resource &

Organizational
Behavior

This is a comprehensive Human Resource management

module designed for the Executive MSc. in Health
Administration programme with a view to introduce to
students different processes involved in Human Resource
management and is intended to give the trainees knowledge of
Human Resource Management (HRM) and health and hospital
industrial relations, which will be useful from a career point of
view.
The course describes and explains the introduction to the
Human Resources & planning, Human Resource Procedures,
MR Monitoring process, Effective HR Management, Training &
Development and Relationships in HR Management. This
module pays particular attention to the healthcare industry and
the overall purpose of the course is to provide the student, with

the necessary skills and knowledge to plan, implement, monitor

and control processes in Human resource management in
healthcare service organizations with a view to face the global
changes in HRM in the Healthcare industry.
MGT 515

Health Economics &

Hospital Finance

This module brings an insight to trainees to the economic

aspect of health planning of the nation. In the hospital setting,
the course helps the trainees to understand the sources of
funds and its effective utilization to achieve a better quality of
hospital services within a reasonable cost.
Further this module introduces the framework of financial
Management in the healthcare industry which describes the
process, methods and procedures of budgeting, control of and
expenditure of finances.

MGT 516

Strategic program
planning

This unit is basically based on setting directions, priorities and

selecting interventions, issues in implementing plans, The role
of logic models in program planning, developing logic models,
Using logic models, estimating resource requirements and
managing service quality and evaluating health plans.

B. HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT CORE

Code

Course

Course Synopsis

PHR 540

Health Policy and

international health
systems in the world

This is a comprehensive module designed for the Executive

MSc. in Health Administration program with a view to introduce
students to poublic policy formulation and its importance,
health policy and its administrative framework, services and
roles of private and government healthcare organizations, role
of the international organizations in healthcare administration
and support. Introduction to different health systems in the
world and advantages and disadvantages of the respective
systems and measurement of the health system performance.
This module will also introduce the Hospital/ Health
Administrator to the knowledge and skill to deal with various
organizations involved in healthcare and to work within the
stipulated administrative frame of the respective countries with
a view to making him a global health administrator.

MGT 493

Management of
Hospital Planning &

This comprehensive module was designed with a view to

introduce to students, project management in healthcare
service setting. This will cover the areas of the feasibility study

Projects

and formulation of the strategic business plan and the

development of the medical service plan by the hospital
administrator.
Description of the project development process will give an
insight to the design phase, standards and special requirements
for the units of the hospital. Importance of the coordination
process done by the hospital administrator in these projects
will be emphasised. Introduction to the new techniques in
project management will be useful for the hospital
administrator in his operational work as well.
This module will give an opportunity to Hospital Administrators
to develop necessary skill and knowledge, whereby he or she
could work as a project manager of hospital/ health sector
projects.

MGT 495

Health care Quality &

Risk Management

This comprehensive module was designed with a view to

introduce students to Quality Assurance in healthcare service
setting. This will cover the areas of the quality concepts and
models with special reference in healthcare setting. Quality
initiatives and quality accreditation process will be useful for
todays Hospital Administrators. Special focus will be on the
healthcare safety and risk mangement and introduce the
candidates to organize and implement programs of risk
management as a part of QA programs in healthcare services.
New dimension in healthcare quality will be introduced with
special emphasis on service and technical quality dimensions.
This module will also cover the planning and implementation of
QA programs in healthcare settings which will be a valuable skill
for the Hospital/ health administrator with a view to making
him an efficient global health administrator.

MGT 496

Legal and Ethical

Aspects of Healthcare

This module introduces the framework of law and regulations

pertaining to the labour law and other related regulations in
the healthcare industry. Introduction to ethical priciples in
healthcare and medicolegel issues are also emphasised and
given an overview to patients rights in obtainging healthcare
services. Special emphasis has been given to the patients rights
and open disclosure which are becoming greater challenges to
hospital administrators in managing hospitals. Comprehensive
knowledge will be given on medico legal issues, negligence and
malpractice in the hospital setting.
The module has developed in such a way that non medical
administrators could get an insight to the medico legal, ethical

and regulatory processes in the healthcare setting.

MGT 497

Operational
management of
Clinical & supportive
Services

This module consists of 3 parts including;

Part 1- Hospital Support services
Part 2- Operational Management of Clinical Services
Part 3- Material and Equipment management
This module brings an insight to the management of Support
services of the healthcare services setting with a view to
present important mangement tools to todays Hospital
Administrator. This will cover the concepts of operational
management of support services and its components with
special emphasis on facility management. Introduction to
equipment management and public realtions are important
components of this module.

MGT 498

Management of Aged
care service

This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce the

student to the field of gerontology (the study of aging). The
aging person is viewed in a holistic manner. Topics to be
included are demography of aging, social and economic
characteristics of aging, biological, psychological and social
theories of aging, biomedical aspects of aging and selected
issues in health and aging.

C. PROJECT WORK

Code

Course

Course Synopsis

MGT 704

Dissertation

Health research is a systematic process of inquiry that uses

disciplined methods to answer questions and solve problems in
clinical or administrative, behavioral and educational areas. This
introductory 6-credit health research course will provide basic
knowledge to students on how to formulate and develop
research in clinical or non-clinical settings to solve evidence
based problems.
The experience gained in research will help a health research
student practice critical thinking through the analysis of health
research results. Students will be able to develop their research
designs, collect data, analyze and interpret data using a
software program. Research report writing skill, necessary for
health research, will be strengthened.
Research will be guided by an appointed supervisor during the
entire period of research and report writing.