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3033.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| Health organizations are faced with decreased funding, changes in work culture, weakened infrastructure and low employee morale. In this session a discussion of different approaches organizations may use to design management initiatives including: team development, mentor programs, measurement of organizational capacity and re-directing use of resources is provided. The participant will also receive evaluation models and resources for additional research | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Participants should be able to: Discuss the human resource implications for local government’s role in community capacity building. Define the role of leadership in creating and sustaining a culture of learning within their department/agency. Describe the importance of a Mentor Program to an organization’s growth, development and stability and how to use the tools and resources to create it. Identify three core components of employee satisfaction and articulate their relationship to teamwork. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Patricia Nolan, MD, MPH | |||
| 8:30 AM |  | Developing mentor programs to strengthen organizational infrastructure and promote staff development Rick Cook, Barbara Devore | ||
| 8:50 AM | | Local Health Departments as Learning Organizations Dina Kurz, MHSA, Karen Watkins, PhD | ||
| 9:10 AM | A team approach to healthier organizations: Create powerful change and improve employee morale Gregory K. Seaney-Ariano, MPA | |||
| 9:30 AM | | Turning ships, shaping cultures: Incremental organizational steps to address evolving public health challenges Srija Srinivasan, MBA, Scott Morrow, MD, MPH | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Health Administration | |||
| Endorsed by: | Mental Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA