Organization and Leader Analysis
Organization and Leader Analysis
Task One
Velesia A. Peart
Western Governors University
March 5, 2015
Table of Content
Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………….3
Organization overview……………………………………………………………………...4-5
The Objectives……… ……………………………………………………………………..5-6
Leadership Practice………………………………………………………………………....6-8
Leadership effect on culture………………………………………………………………..8-9
SWOT analysis ……………………………………………………………………………..9-13
Leadership Evaluation ……………………………………………………………………...14-17
Best Practices………. ……………………………………………………………………...17-18
Reference …………………………………………………………………………………..19-20
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight of the Palm Beach County Health Department. The paper will provide details of the organization and its objectives, along with descriptions of the leadership practice used by the director of the organization. The paper will include details of how the current leadership has affected the organization’s culture, and an evaluation of a SWOT analysis to show the organization’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This paper will provide the reader with an evaluation of the primary leader’s leadership, showing strengths and weaknesses, as well as a recommendation of a theory-based practice to maximize the future success of the leader and the organization.
The organization Overview
The Palm Beach County Health Department (PBCHD) is a part of the State of Florida Department of Health. The organization started back in 1920 with only one part time physician and four nurses, and in 1950 the first director was hired. That same year the director opened his first office using only a small section of a county building and four rooms in a migrant camp. Over the next 60 years the health department has grown to over 850 staff, more than 7 health centers and many other offices county wide. The PBCHD currently has an annual budget of over 60 million, which is used to service the entire county with
Task One
Velesia A. Peart
Western Governors University
March 5, 2015
Table of Content
Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………….3
Organization overview……………………………………………………………………...4-5
The Objectives……… ……………………………………………………………………..5-6
Leadership Practice………………………………………………………………………....6-8
Leadership effect on culture………………………………………………………………..8-9
SWOT analysis ……………………………………………………………………………..9-13
Leadership Evaluation ……………………………………………………………………...14-17
Best Practices………. ……………………………………………………………………...17-18
Reference …………………………………………………………………………………..19-20
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight of the Palm Beach County Health Department. The paper will provide details of the organization and its objectives, along with descriptions of the leadership practice used by the director of the organization. The paper will include details of how the current leadership has affected the organization’s culture, and an evaluation of a SWOT analysis to show the organization’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This paper will provide the reader with an evaluation of the primary leader’s leadership, showing strengths and weaknesses, as well as a recommendation of a theory-based practice to maximize the future success of the leader and the organization.
The organization Overview
The Palm Beach County Health Department (PBCHD) is a part of the State of Florida Department of Health. The organization started back in 1920 with only one part time physician and four nurses, and in 1950 the first director was hired. That same year the director opened his first office using only a small section of a county building and four rooms in a migrant camp. Over the next 60 years the health department has grown to over 850 staff, more than 7 health centers and many other offices county wide. The PBCHD currently has an annual budget of over 60 million, which is used to service the entire county with
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