Master degree program
Business Administration in Health Care

Business Administration in Health Care

QUALIFICATION

  • Profile direction - Master of Business Administration(ЕМВА)
  • MBA - Master of Business Administration(ЕМВА)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1 to develop models for making optimal management decisions that ensure the effective functioning and development of guaranteed free medical care and the market of paid medical services;
ON2 to develop a strategy for the development of the health organization using various methods of macro and microeconomic analysis.
ON3 to prepare personnel policies and standards on the concept of selection, based on the systematization, modern methods of motivation and social programs of health organization;
ON4 to the most advantageous structure of financial assets, establish the optimal structure of liabilities and borrowed funds, identify key areas of expenditure of health organization’s resources;
ON4 to apply modern business intelligence tools, Big Data analysis methods to optimize the company's work, reduce costs and increase profits.
ON5 develop marketing programs and brand promotion strategies based on the correct use of strategic marketing tools and promotion of medical services.
ON6 to create a system for analyzing the situation and processes related to the key functional areas of health organization: developing and implementing company development strategies, managing people and organizations, finance, project management;
ON7 to make a feasibility study of a project to attract investments in the health sector, to determine the net present value, profitability index, internal rate of return, project payback period.
ON8 to develop its own model of effective management of human resources, including motivation, leadership, conflict management and high corporate culture and social responsibility of business.
ON9 analyze financial and accounting and reporting data and use them as sources of information, formed for carrying out economic calculations and strategy implementation;
ON11 to build a personal growth program that will contribute to the development of instrumental, interpersonal, personal competencies, management skills - leadership, goal-setting, decision-making, time management.
ON12 to conduct a dialogue with the media, government and public structures and employers on management issues, types, methods, management consulting technologies, areas of application of these methods and their limitations.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Business Administration in Health Care
Speciality Code
7M04108
Faculty
Al-farabi business school

disciplines

Business research
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop skills in analyzing and assessing consumer behavior, the competitive environment by conducting independent research using various methods of macro and microeconomic analysis. The following will be studied: the main characteristics of business research; forecasting and planning in business research.

Business research
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop skills in analyzing and assessing consumer behavior, the competitive environment by conducting independent research using various methods of macro and microeconomic analysis. The following will be studied: the main characteristics of business research; forecasting and planning in business research.

HR management and leadership
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop skills in human resource management, planning and staffing. As a result of studying the discipline, the master student will be able to: 1. describe the theoretical aspects of the development of human resources in the classical concepts of economic growth and the development of human resources in the activities of domestic and international organizations; 2. apply methods to develop a training program for employees and evaluate their effectiveness by applying different methods of evaluation and attestation of employees; 3. apply different methods of evaluation and attestation of employees. 4. apply methods of managing organizational changes, owning the basic characteristics of the leader, knowledge of staff motivation, managing conflicts and stress; 5. formulate and inculcate values to the company's personnel, form the corporate spirit of the staff, call the staff's location and loyalty to the company; Purpose of discipline. The discipline is designed to develop the ability to improve personnel assessment systems, increase labor productivity, rational use of existing labor resources by the effectiveness of the organization’s personnel. The content of the program should convey to students the conceptual and methodological foundations of working with the personnel of organizations at different stages of their development, to form the students' skills in putting into practice the techniques and methods of personnel management. The discipline covers issues, creating organizational and economic conditions for effective work, increasing the professional competence of employees. In studying the discipline, the following topics will be considered: improving personnel assessment systems, especially the use of the KPI system, increasing labor productivity, the rational use of existing labor resources; staff development; creating organizational and economic conditions for effective work, increasing the professional competence of employees; motivation methods.

HR management and leadership
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of effective human resource management, team building and leadership development. The following topics will be studied: improving personnel assessment systems, features of using the KPI system, rational use of available labor resources; leader as a social architect, autocratic and democratic leadership, formation of the image of a leader, the essence of power, classification of types of power.

Strategic management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form the ability to develop and implement an organization's strategy. The discipline considers the issues of strategic choice, strategic analysis of the company, considers the formation of strategies of various levels for companies of single business and diversified companies, presents matrix methods.

Strategic Management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form the ability to develop and implement an organization's strategy. The discipline considers the issues of strategic choice, strategic analysis of the company, considers the formation of strategies of various levels for companies of single business and diversified companies, presents matrix methods.

Writing and protection of master project
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Master Dissertation
  • Description -

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Business planning and innovation management
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The goal of the course is to develop the ability to manage management, aimed at the effective use of material, technical, labor, and financial resources to solve complex, non-standard problems within the framework of innovative changes. The following will be studied: innovations, their role and place in the economy; concepts of technological development and innovative growth of the company; strategy and objectives of innovative development; globalization and innovation.

Corporate governance in Health care
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose to form the ability to analyze and determine the directions of activities with the aim of ensuring effective management and development of competition on the basis of improving the corporate management system in health care organizations.. As a result of studying the discipline the undergraduate will be able to:  establish contacts with potential and real partners and shareholders to solve corporate governance problems;  analyze and determine the directions of the activities of the health care organization, taking into account the principles of corporate governance and focus on protecting the rights of patients;  use methods for determining the effectiveness of corporate governance in the health sector;  have the skills of a systematic approach to solving managerial problems, taking into account the specifics of the health care system, in order to increase the competitiveness of the health care organization and improve the quality of medical services;  acquire skills to comprehensively address economic, organizational and technological issues that ensure the functioning of the organization of health care in market conditions. When studying the discipline, the following topics will be considered: the basic concepts, categories and instruments of corporate governance in health care: patterns of functioning of a modern joint-stock company; analysis of economic processes in the activities of corporations; specifics and features of corporate governance in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Corporate governance in Health care
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze and determine areas of activity in order to ensure effective management and development of competition based on improving the corporate governance system in healthcare organizations. The following will be studied: basic concepts, categories and tools of corporate governance in healthcare: patterns of functioning of a modern joint-stock company.

Digital Marketing
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop students' abilities to develop a digital marketing strategy. Will be studied: marketing in a digital context; systematization and analysis of statistical and marketing information; strategic decisions on the use of digital marketing tools; product positioning in digital marketing; strategic communication solutions.

Financial Management
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply a set of knowledge on the theoretical foundations of financial management and practical skills in managing financial relations. The following topics will be studied: the concept of financial management, its origin and development; the purpose, objectives and functions of financial management; the external legal and tax environment; characteristics of current assets of the enterprise; the policy of managing current assets.

Financial management in Health care
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to interpret the financial statements of a healthcare organization in a market economy. The following topics will be studied: economic content, principles of organization and purpose of finances of a healthcare organization, financial resources and capital, cost management of a healthcare organization, financial planning in a healthcare organization.

Financial Management in Health care
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to interpret the financial statements of a healthcare organization in a market economy. The following topics will be studied: economic content, principles of organization and purpose of finances of a healthcare organization, financial resources and capital, cost management of a healthcare organization, financial planning in a healthcare organization.

HR management and leadership
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop skills in human resource management, planning and staffing. As a result of studying the discipline, the master student will be able to: 1. describe the theoretical aspects of the development of human resources in the classical concepts of economic growth and the development of human resources in the activities of domestic and international organizations; 2. apply methods to develop a training program for employees and evaluate their effectiveness by applying different methods of evaluation and attestation of employees; 3. apply different methods of evaluation and attestation of employees. 4. apply methods of managing organizational changes, owning the basic characteristics of the leader, knowledge of staff motivation, managing conflicts and stress; 5. formulate and inculcate values to the company's personnel, form the corporate spirit of the staff, call the staff's location and loyalty to the company; Purpose of discipline. The discipline is designed to develop the ability to improve personnel assessment systems, increase labor productivity, rational use of existing labor resources by the effectiveness of the organization’s personnel. The content of the program should convey to students the conceptual and methodological foundations of working with the personnel of organizations at different stages of their development, to form the students' skills in putting into practice the techniques and methods of personnel management. The discipline covers issues, creating organizational and economic conditions for effective work, increasing the professional competence of employees. In studying the discipline, the following topics will be considered: improving personnel assessment systems, especially the use of the KPI system, increasing labor productivity, the rational use of existing labor resources; staff development; creating organizational and economic conditions for effective work, increasing the professional competence of employees; motivation methods.

Legal responsibility and ethics in medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of the ability to diagnose and analyze ethical and legal problems and processes in the health organization in order to make rational decisions. During the study of course, master students should be competent in:  understand the main types of ethical violations of in health care and the consequences of their impact on business practices, the economy and society as a whole;  describe the main regulatory legal documents, including regulatory legal acts regulating management activities;  substantiate the criteria for ethical behavior of employees when resolving conflict situations from the practice of business ethics commissions;  use regulatory legal documents on the issues of direct responsibility in professional activities  correctly determine the law to be applied to the relevant legal relations; During the study of the discipline muster students will learn following aspects: legal and social responsibility in business; ethical codes; social responsibility and company profits; ethical negotiation principles; models of the relationship of managers to employees; ethical norms of managerial behavior

Legal responsibility and ethics in medicine
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to diagnose and analyze ethical and legal problems and processes in a healthcare organization in order to make rational decisions. The following topics will be studied: legal and social responsibility in business; ethical codes; social responsibility and profit of the company; ethical principles of negotiation; models of relations between managers and employees; ethical standards of conduct of the head.

Medical law and ethics
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to navigate the system of legislation and regulatory legal acts regulating the sphere of professional activity. Theoretical and practical issues related to medical law and ethics in medicine based on the use of modern teaching methods, identification of priority areas in modern legislation and decision-making with respect for human dignity and human rights will be studied.

Project management in the health care system
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose: develop the ability to plan and manage projects in health care and apply procedures for collecting and processing information on the progress of work on the project/ During the study of course, students should be competent in: - analyze the process of project implementation, compare actual indicators with planned ones; - develop the project's Charter, determine the purpose, purpose and objectives of the project, the timing of implementation, the participants and the expected results of the project; - to develop and analyze the hierarchical structure of work (SRI) of the project - develop a business plan for the project, justify the feasibility and profitability of the project; - to make a feasibility study of the project. During the study of the discipline undergraduates will learn following aspects: process groups and knowledge areas of project management; the life cycle of the investment project, classification of projects; stages of development of the project Charter; key performance indicators of the project; principles of construction of the WBS project; methods of construction of Gantt chart and critical path; project cost, risk, quality and resource management.

Project management in the health care system
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to plan and manage projects in healthcare and apply procedures for collecting and processing information. The following will be studied: process groups and areas of knowledge of project management; the life cycle of an investment project, project classification; stages of development of the project Charter; key performance indicators of the project; management of cost, risks, quality and resources of the project.

Telemedicine
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of abilities in the organization of medical care using telemedicine technologies. The following issues will be studied: regulatory and financial aspects of the use of telemedicine technologies, the organization of teleconsultations and the organization of remote monitoring, issues of patient involvement, issues of ethics and deontology, and opportunities to increase the income of a medical organization using telemedicine.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Production
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to form the ability to read flow charts of chemical production, to justify the choice of equipment, materials and design and design solutions on the example of a specific chemical enterprise, to implement the competencies obtained during the development of the module to perform production tasks during the practice. The practice is aimed at mastering the structure, regulations, equipment and materials of specific chemical industries.

Data for 2021-2024 years