(L007) Management Functions - Management and Public Health Leadership

Learn about the five management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.

OBJECTIVES:

- Discuss the difference between goals and objectives
- Discuss the attributes of SMART objectives and goals
- Review the concept of integration and how this relates to effective management
- Emphasize the importance of staffing
- Discuss the importance of casting vision for adequate directing
- Review formative, process and outcome evaluation and how that relates to the functions of planning and controlling
- Discuss the seven steps of problem solving
- Emphasize the importance of evaluation for effective problem solving
- Review life orientations, appeals to change, and cultural aspects of decision making as they relate to management in cross-cultural situations

TIMESTAMPS:

01:26 Five main management functions
02:47 Planning
03:36 Difference between goals and objectives
05:33 Organizing
06:38 Need for increased integration of public health and #primarycare
08:59 Staffing
11:42 Directing
12:07 Ability to motivate is linked to shared vision
13:44 Controlling
14:32 Tools for evaluating population-based programs
16:51 Adaptive challenges versus technical problems
18:31 Seven basic steps to problem solving
19:04 (1) Problem analysis
26:15 Developing a problem statement
28:15 Finding the root cause
32:40 (2) Develop assumptions
33:43 Deductive and inductive reasoning
35:13 Anchoring and escalating commitment
37:57 (3, 4) Identify and assess alternate solutions
38:10 Three practical steps to identify and assess alternate solutions
39:41 Decision matrix
41:41 (5, 6, 7) Select the best solution, implement and evaluate.
43:57 Cultural issues that relate to managing
52:54 Summary

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https://www.train.org/ND/course/1086535

- Test your comprehension with a quiz
- Earn Certified in Public Health continuing education credit
- Order a Certificate of Completion

COURSE PROVIDER:

The North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN) develops core competencies in public health practitioners around the world through practical, practice-based training. Learn more at https://www.ndphtn.com

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the current President and Educational Director of North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). He has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.

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