Leadership in Hospitals Public

·         From the weekly readings and first e-Activity, examine the major issues confronting the two (2) public leaders and their leadership style of responding to the issues in question, and proposed financial reform. Propose one (1) leadership theory and two (2) leadership styles that you would apply in order to handle the fiscal situation in question. Provide a rationale for your response. In your response to your peers, predict the potential for success of the proposed theory and styles to handle the fiscal situation, and provide a rationale.

·         From the weekly readings and second e-Activity, analyze the two (2) public leader styles that you consider to be most important to team development. Provide two (2) examples that depict the importance of such styles. Speculate on the degree to which the absence of these styles would impact team dynamics.

·         From the weekly readings and third e-Activity, examine the significant manner in which power struggles, bargaining, and conflict avoidance with medical staff may complicate the ability of a public leader to carry out the role and improve operations within a hospital. Propose two (2) styles that a public leader may take in order to mitigate such issues. Provide a rationale for your response. In your response to your peers, predict the potential for success of the proposed style geared toward mitigating the issues that a public leader faces, and provide a rationale.

Week 5 eActivity

·         Watch the video titled “Sunrise: Public hospitals show no improvement” (7 min 9 s). Be prepared to discuss. Video Source: SunriseOn7. (2013, February 15). Sunrise: Public hospitals show no improvement [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVjRHv545Q. This video can be reviewed from within your online course shell.

·         Go to CIO’s Website and read “Project Collaboration: How One Company Got A Diverse Team on the Same Page,” located athttp://www.cio.com/article/130300/Project_Collaboration_How_One_Company_Got_A_Diverse_Team_on_the_Same_Page. Be prepared to discuss.

·         Read the following articles  and be prepared to discuss:

o    “Managing Diversity in U.S. Federal Agencies: Effects of Diversity and Diversity Management on Employee Perceptions of Organizational Performance”

o    “How Do Public Organizations Learn? Bridging Cultural and Structural Perspectives”