MPH508 Module 3 Assessment Latest 2021 April

MPH508 Leadership & Administration in Public Health Systems

Module 3 Assessment  

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.

Requirements

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.

Conclusion

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.