HCAD 630 Major Research Paper

HCAD 630 Major Research Paper Order Description The paper's purpose is to provide practical experience in" rel="nofollow">in effectively usin" rel="nofollow">ing health care research resources through library databases and Internet search engin" rel="nofollow">ines and to enable you to write more effectively about public health admin" rel="nofollow">inistration topics. The length of the paper should be from six to ten double-spaced pages, not in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing the title page, references, or any charts or tables. The paper must meet all APA standards and your references must in" rel="nofollow">include at least five peer-reviewed journal articles. Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing criteria will in" rel="nofollow">include organization, the depth of fact-fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ing, the depth of analysis, sophistication of thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing, strength and clarity of writin" rel="nofollow">ing, paper formattin" rel="nofollow">ing, and the degree to which the paper followed the published guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines. See the Standardized Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Rubric in" rel="nofollow">in the Course Content for specific criteria. Please select one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing topics for your research paper: A. Public health partnerships are an important tool for stretchin" rel="nofollow">ing limited resources. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the literature and in" rel="nofollow">information found in" rel="nofollow">in this course, explain" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">in detail the different types of partnerships (strategic orientation, categories, and characteristics) and use that in" rel="nofollow">information to conduct an analysis of two different public health partnerships. In your analysis, you should describe the purposes, structure, goals of each of the organizations and the two partnerships and how the organizations quantify or measure their success. You should conclude by comparin" rel="nofollow">ing and contrastin" rel="nofollow">ing the two partnerships and describe any similarities and differences between them, identify whether one program appears to have advantages over the other, and explain" rel="nofollow">in why. B. Interview a senior leader or manager in" rel="nofollow">in a public health agency about a program that they work in" rel="nofollow">in. You should describe the leader/manager's background and describe his or her public health program in" rel="nofollow">in detail (in" rel="nofollow">include its purpose, role in" rel="nofollow">in public health, leadership, fundin" rel="nofollow">ing sources and amounts, and the measures that the program uses to measure its success). You should then describe and analyze three significant leadership challenges that the leader/manager faces in" rel="nofollow">in their work and describe how/if they have been able to resolve them. You must then use the literature to provide context and to conduct a detailed analysis of at least one of the challenges. Your analysis should result in" rel="nofollow">in a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of three potential solutions for each of the challenges. Fin" rel="nofollow">inally, please remember to be courteous to the person and send a thank you note after the in" rel="nofollow">interview. Note that in" rel="nofollow">interviews may be in" rel="nofollow">in person or on the telephone. C. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing an accepted change management framework (one example might be "Leadin" rel="nofollow">ing Change" by John Kotter), analyze a public health organization that has undergone or attempted to undergo transformational change. Describe what the organization did (or did not do), what was successful and what was not successful, and describe leader behaviors and actions that had an impact on the effort. Describe the degree to which the organization followed or did not follow the change management framework that you cite. Ground your analysis with references from the literature.