Week 1 Assignment

This week’s self-assessment, located in your text, is a brief individual leadership assessment entitled “Value Systems.” This simple assessment is designed to initiate your thinking on the topic of values in leadership and how your values might impact your leadership in the field of health care administration.

For this Professional Leadership Journal, complete the “Value Systems” assessment. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of health care administration, reflect on what the assessment may reveal about your leadership values. What values may be important to you as a leader in the field of health care administration?

The Assignment (2–3 paragraphs):

• Explain new insights gained based on your results of the “Value Systems” assessment.
• Explain how these new insights might impact your current or future role as a health care administration leader.

Nahavandi, A. (2015). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

• Chapter 1, “Definition and Significance of Leadership” (pp. 2–21)
• Self-Assessment 4-1: Value Systems (p. 132)