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1. Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership management
Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership managementAssignment: Behavioral
style/Leadership managementCLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR ASSIGNMENTIn the early 20th
century, rural areas of China experienced deplorable health conditions. Due to extreme
poverty and lack of access to adequate medical care, nearly 80% of China’s population, the
percentage living in rural areas, teetered on the verge of death. In an attempt to solve the
public health crisis, the Chinese government commissioned doctors, known as “barefoot
doctors.” These doctors used specific behaviors that connected to and were understood by
residents in the community. With specific behaviors that shaped a style of leadership, these
doctors educated rural residents on basic healthcare practices. Although “barefoot,” these
doctors projected a wealth of knowledge, leading others to better health and a better way of
life (Valentine, 2005).Previous to the 1990s, an individual’s Intelligent Quotient (IQ)
remained an unquestioned, central standard of learning. With a high IQ, it may be assumed
an individual might be well-versed in knowledge in order to tackle any problem, making
effective and efficient decisions. Yet, contemporary research also indicates that good
problem-solving and quality decision making did not always stem from one’s IQ, but more
importantly one’s Emotional Intelligence (EI). In fact, a variety of studies have shown that
“emotional intelligence competencies account for anywhere from 24 to 69 percent of
performance success” (Lynn, 2008). Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership
managementFor this paper, select an article depicting a behavioral perspective to public
health leadership. Think about particular strengths and limitations of this perspective.
Consider how this perspective relates to Trait Theory of leadership.WRITE a brief
explanation of the behavioral perspective reflected in the article you selected. Then explain
the strengths and limitations of this perspective. Finally, explain how this perspective you
selected relates to both Trait Theory and the Skills Approach. your postings and responses
with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.Reference:
Valentine, V. (2005). Health for the masses: China’s ‘Barefoot Doctors.’ National Public
Radio. Retrieved from http://www.npr.orgFor this PAPER, select a current event that
relates to emotional intelligence and public health leadership. Consider whether emotional
intelligence impacts public health leaders and event outcomes.WRITE a brief description of
the current event you selected. Then, describe emotional intelligence portrayed by leader(s)
in the event. Finally, explain how emotional intelligence may have affected the final outcome
of the event. Be specific.Explain any insights you have gained about the relationship
between emotional intelligence and effective leadership. Then explain how you might

2. integrate those insights into your role as a current or future public health leader.
Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership management your postings and responses with
specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.PART 2For this
Project Assignment, think about common trends in public health leadership, or critical areas
of need for leadership in the field. Prepare a literature review of scholarly articles related to
your topic. This review should contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed or scholarly
resources. Additionally, based on your conducted review of the current literature, create a
problem statement that addresses identified gaps while incorporating implications for
positive social change. Located within the Learning Resources for the week, you may find
the information from Walden’s Online Writing Center helpful for your completion of the
assignment.It may appear as a hopeless cause to provide health programs in an area
suffering severe health disasters and coping with internally displaced populations. For Htee
Moo, cofounder of the Backpack Health Worker Team, hope was a driving force behind
instituting more than 20 health clinics in Burma. With numerous health disasters, and
countless human rights violations, there was no single, perfect style of healthcare
leadership for this situation. Despite this challenge, Moo created the Backpack Health Team
and various clinics throughout the country. Using a situational approach in public health
leadership, Moo was able to provide primary health care services to more than 80,000
Burmese residents (Beyrer & Pizer, 2007). Though different situations exist among leaders,
the skills and characteristics to adapt to particular situations are essential as a public health
leader.As pressures and demands for more standardized business structures fluctuate in
society, leaders may experience challenges in developing consistent methods for solving
public health problems. Though consistency may be necessary for enacting change, within
many areas and localities, consistency may not be an option. As a result, a leader must be
able to use a systems thinking approach to evaluate the best method for leadership
contingent upon the circumstance. Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership
managementThis week’s self-assessment, located in your text, is a brief individual
leadership assessment entitled, “Emotional Intelligence.” As mentioned in Week 5 of this
course, understanding one’s emotional intelligence may increase a leader’s effectiveness in
interacting with others to achieve organizational goals.For this Project Assignment, think
about common trends in public health leadership, or critical areas of need for leadership in
the field.Prepare a literature review of scholarly articles related to your topic in public
health leadership. This review should contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed or scholarly
resources.Based on what you find in the current public health leadership literature, Create a
problem statement, (Learn how to write a good one) It must addresses:Identified gaps
while incorporating implications for positive social change.Located within the Learning
Resources for the week, you may find the information from Walden’s Online Writing Center
helpful for your completion of the assignment.Organize the project in the following manner.
Each section should be represented for a comprehensive overviewLiterature Review and
Problem Statement (5–7 pages):The Literature Review section should be written in the
narrative form integrating concepts from the articles you find. The section should include:A
synthesis of a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed, scholarly resources that give the reader a
good overview of the issue. The section should show the reader common trends in public

3. health leadership, or critical areas of need for leadership in the fieldA description of
theoretical gaps in the research area – Based on the research you just did in leadership,
what seems to be missing (Theoretical gaps)?Problem Statement should include:An
explanation of the specific problem that addresses identified gaps within the literature – If
you are not sure of what a problem statement should include look it up. I’ll be looking for
good comprehensive statementsAn explanation of how your problem statement
incorporates implications for positive social change – As students at Walden, “We” are
preparing to become agents of social change, based on your leadership topic, the research
you just did and the gaps you found how would you be a social agent for change?
Assignment: Behavioral style/Leadership management your Project with specific
references to all resources and current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide
a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this
course. Learning resourcesaureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Leadership
theory: Behavior and style approach. Baltimore, MD: Author.READINGSNahavandi, A.
(2014). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.Blake, R.
R., Mouton, J. S., Barnes, L. B., & Greiner, L. E. (1964). Breakthrough in organization
development. Harvard Business Review, 42(6) 133–155. (This is a seminal article in the
field that will serve as a foundation for additional resources.)Retrieved from the Walden
Library databases.Borkowski, N., Deckard, G., Weber, M., Padron, L.A., & Luongo, S. (2011).
Leadership development initiatives underlie individual and system performance in a US
public healthcare delivery system, Leadership in Health Services, 24(4), 268–280.Retrieved
from the Walden Library databases.Derue, D. S., Nahrgang, J. D., Wellman, N., & Humphrey,
S. E. (2011). Trait and behavioral theories of leadership: an integration and meta-analytic
test of their relative validity. Personnel Psychology, 64(1), 7–52.Retrieved from the Walden
Library databases.Salmela, S., Eriksson, K., & Fagerström, L. (2012). Leading change: A
three-dimensional model of nurse leaders’ main tasks and roles during a change
process. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(2), 423-433.Retrieved from the Walden Library
databases.Walden Writing Center. (2011). Writing a problem statement. Retrieved
from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu.Walden University: Online Writing Center.
(2011). Literature reviews. Retrieved
from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/50.htmWalden University: Online Writing Center.
(2010). Literature review matrix. Retrieved
from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/50.htm For this paper, review the article by
Fernandez, Cho, and Perry in the Learning Resources. Consider some of the strengths and
limitations of situational leadership presented in the article. Then, select a leader with
whom you are familiar and a situation or event in which the leader was involved. Think
about how the Hersey and Blanchard Model of situational leadership applies to the leader
and situation you selected.Write a brief description of two strengths and two limitations of
situational approaches to leadership. Then, briefly describe the leader and situation you
selected. Next, evaluate the leader’s response and leadership effectiveness based on the
Hersey and Blanchard model.Write to your colleagues’ postings. Provide a substantive reply
to your colleagues in one or more of the following ways:Expand on the colleague’s posting
with additional insight and resources.Offer polite disagreement or critique, ed with

4. evidence.In addition, you may also respond as follows:Offer and an opinion.Validate an
idea with your own experience.Make a suggestion or comment that guides or facilitates the
discussion. your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources
and the current literature.Reference: Beyrer, C., & Pizer, H. (2007). Public health & human
rights: Evidence-based approaches. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.For
this paper, select a current event related to public health and leadership, not previously
discussed in earlier weeks. With the event you selected, apply Fiedler’s Contingency Model.
Consider the actions and interactions between leaders and subordinates with the
application of this model.Write a brief description of the event you selected. Then explain
whether the leader’s interaction with his or her subordinates was task-motivated or
relationship-motivated. Justify your answer based on Fiedler’s Contingency Model.Explain
any insights you have gained about the relationship between a leader’s interactions with
subordinates and Fiedler’s Contingency Model. Then explain how you might integrate those
insights into your role as a current or future public health leader. your postings and
responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current
literature.Reference: Lynn, A. (2008). The EQ interview: Finding employees with high
emotional intelligence. New York, NY: American Management Association.For this
Professional Leadership Journal, take a few minutes to work through the instrument. As a
scholar-practitioner in public health leadership, what may the test reveal about your
Emotional Intelligence in terms of leadership?The Assignment (2–3 paragraphs):Explain
new insights gained based on your results of the Emotional Intelligence assessmentExplain
how these new insights might impact your role, or future role, as a public health leader
your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to
provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this
course.Reference: Lynn, A. (2008). The EQ interview: Finding employees with high
emotional intelligence. New York, NY: American Management Association.Learning
ResourcesLaureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Leadership theory:
Situational approach/contingency theory. Baltimore, MD: Author.READINGSNahavandi, A.
(2014). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.Chapter
3, “The Foundations of Modern Leadership”Chapter 10, “Developing Leaders”Self-
Assessment 4-2: Emotional Intelligence (p. 133)Ayman, R., & Korabik, K. (2010).
Leadership: Why gender and culture matter. American Psychologist, 65(3), 157–
170.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Ayman, R., Chemers, M. M., & Fiedler, F.
(1995). The contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Its levels of analysis. The
Leadership Quarterly, 6(2), 147–167. (This is a seminal article in the field that will serve as
a foundation for additional resources.)Retrieved from the Walden Library
databases.Blanchard, K. H., & Hersey, P.(1996). Great ideas revisited. Training &
Development, 50(1), 42–48. (This is a seminal article in the field that will serve as a
foundation for additional resources.)Retrieved from the Walden Library
databases.Fernandez, S., Cho, Y. J., & Perry, J. L. (2010). Exploring the link between
integrated leadership and public sector performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 21(2),
308–323.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Schreuder, J. A. H., Roelen, C. A. M.,
van Zweeden, N. F., Jongsma, D.,van der Klink, J. J. L., & Groothoff, J. W. (2011). Leadership

5. styles of nurse managers and registered sickness absence among their nursing staff. Health
Care Management Review, 36(1), 58–66.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.