MPH508 | General Education in Education - Chamberlain university
MPH508 Leadership and Administration in Public Health Systems Module 3 Assignment Personal Leadership Paper Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to assess one’s personal strengths-based leadership from a systems perspective and develop a public health leader résumé and personal vision statement. Course Outcomes This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes: CO1: Explain the various aspects of individual and group organizational behavior including micro and macro perspectives (POs 7 and 8). CO4: Apply leadership and behavioral theory through research and collaborative projects in healthcare and public healthcare settings (POs 1 and 8). CO7: Apply systems thinking principles for resolving organizational problems (POs 7 and 8). Due Date Submit your completed application by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 3 as directed.
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In order to prepare your personal leadership paper, you will need to complete your StrengthsFinder self-assessment available through your required textbook: Rath. T. & Conchie, B. (2013). Strengths based leadership: Great leaders, teams, and why people follow. New York, NY: Gallup, Inc. The Personal Leadership Paper is worth 250 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q&A Forum. The length of the paper is to be no less than 3 and no greater than 5 pages, excluding title page and reference pages (the one-page résumé should be attached as an appendix to your paper). APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface): Note: Introduction – Write an introduction to your paper, but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Description of strengths-based leadership findings Assessment of strengths-based leadership findings from a systems perspective Prepared one-page public health leader résumé (attach as an appendix to your personal leadership paper) Creating a personal vision statement, apply principles of leadership, governance, and management by addressing how you might best: (a) empower others, (b) foster collaboration, and (c) guide decision-making as a public health leader.
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Preparing Your Paper
The following are best practices for preparing this paper:
When introducing the personal leadership paper, be sure to identify the source and background of the StengthsFinder self-assessment and its relationship to the purpose of the paper. When describing the strengths-based leadership findings, be sure to identify appropriate background information (who, what, where, when, and why) as applies to your personal findings. When assessing the strengths-based leadership findings, be sure to fully address identified findings from a systems perspective (micro, meso, macro) with examples to support assertions. When reflecting on the application of the strengths-based leadership findings, be sure to include the one-page public health leader résumé in your appendix, and creating a personal vision statement, apply principles of leadership, governance, and management by addressing how you might best: (a) empower others, (b) foster collaboration, and (c) guide decision-making as a public health leader. MPH508 Leadership and Administration in Public Health Systems Module 5 Assignment Change Management Paper Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to demonstrate the application of change management strategies to achieve health equity at micro, meso, and macro levels using application of a systems thinking tool. Course Outcomes This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes: CO 1: Explain the various aspects of individual and group organizational behavior, including micro and macro perspectives (POs 7 and 8). CO 2: Explain leaderships' critical role in managing and motivating individuals within the work environment (PO 8). CO 3: Analyze the social and cultural organization dynamics from a leadership perspective (POs 1, 5, and 8). CO 4: Apply leadership and behavioral theory through research and collaborative projects in healthcare and public health settings (POs 1 and 8). CO 5: Identify effective management of interpersonal and intrapersonal issues in general and in public healthcare settings (POs 7, 8, and 9). CO 7: Apply systems thinking principles for resolving organizational problems (POs 7 and 8). Due Date Submit your completed application by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 5 as directed.
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In order to prepare your change management paper, you will need to familiarize yourself with systems thinking tools such as are described in your required textbook (Rowitz, 2014). The following resources will also help: The Systems Thinker - Palette of Systems Thinking Tools websiteLinks to an external site. Peters, D. H. (2014). The application of systems thinking in health: Why use systems thinking? Health Research Policy and Systems, 12, 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-12-51Links to an external site. The Change Management Paper is worth 250 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q&A Forum. The length of the paper is to be no less than 5 and no greater than 7 pages, excluding title page and reference pages. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface): Note: Introduction – Write an introduction to your paper, but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Introduction to the purpose of the change management paper
Description of the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieve health equity at micro (population/community), meso (public health/organizational), and macro (regulatory/societal) system levels Description of selected change management theory Presentation of the structure, process (function), and expected outcomes of selected change strategies to achieve health equity at the described micro, meso, and macro levels using a systems thinking tool of your choosing to address each system level. You will create the visual representation using an appropriate systems thinking tool introduced in the David Peters (2014) article (e.g. casual loop, stock and flow diagram, process map, etc.). Reflection and discussion of change management evaluation and sustainability
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Preparing Your Paper
The following are best practices for preparing this paper:
When introducing the change management paper, be sure to identify the purpose of the paper and the need to consider potential benefits of change management to address threats to health equity in public health. When describing the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieve health equity at micro (population/community), meso (public health/organizational), and macro (regulatory/societal) levels, be sure to identify appropriate background information (who, what, where, when, and why) as applies to each threat to health equity. When describing the selected change management theory, be sure to properly cite the author and source of the theory as well as your rationale for the selected theoretical approach and each step of the selected theoretical model.