Public Health Leadership

by Rowitz, Louis, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780763750503
• ISBN10: 0763750506
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-10
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Visit the author's new blog at   http://rowitzonleadership.wordpress.com . (updated monthly) This thorough revision maintains the same basic structure of the first edition of Public Health Leadership. In five parts, it explores the basic theories and principles of leadership and then describes how they may be applied in the public health setting. Leadership skills and competencies, As well as methods for measuring and evaluating leaders are also thoroughly covered. The final chapter has been expanded to cover the future of public health and global leadership. Four new chapters have been added To The Second Edition : a chapter on the interface between management and leadership, a chapter on systems and complexity leadership concerns, and a chapter on employee development. The final new chapter will explore the transition from traditional leadership roles To The new roles required by a focus on bioterrorism and other disasters. New case studies, interviews, and exercises have also been added. The Second Edition also features new sidebar boxes with quotes from classic and contemporary writers on leadership. Upgrade Your Course Materials to the New Edition!   Click here to access our easy transition guide.  

Table of Contents

Preface: An Author's Reflections on Writing a Second Edition
An Author's Vision - 2001
Leadership Theories and Principles	p. 1
The Basics of Leadership	p. 3
Leadership Styles and Practices	p. 19
The Interface Between Management and Leadership	p. 41
A Systems and Complexity Perspective	p. 65
The Leadership Wheel and Organizational Change	p. 93
The Five Levels of Leadership	p. 111
Leadership Applications in Public Health	p. 151
Introduction to the Core Functions of Public Health	p. 153
Leadership and Assessment	p. 173
Leadership and Policy Development	p. 203
Leadership and Assurance	p. 235
Leadership Skills and Competencies	p. 269
Leadership and Communication	p. 271
Leadership and People Development	p. 325
Leadership and the Planning Process	p. 347
Leadership, Decision Making, Conflict, and Negotiation	p. 385
Cultural Competency	p. 417
Mentoring, Coaching, and Training in Public Health	p. 445
Leadership, Evaluation, and Research	p. 469
Measuring the Leader	p. 471
Leadership Evaluation and Research	p. 503
The Future	p. 525
Leadership for the 21st Century	p. 527
Traditional and Crisis Public Health Leaders	p. 545
Index	p. 559
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