Scholar Practitioner Project: Public Health Leadership Theory
For this paper, refine and develop your Public Health Leadership Theory based on
leadership theories and a systems approach learned in this course.
Write 18 pages paper
Section 1 — Abstract and Introduction (2 pages)
Section 2 — Revised Literature Review and Problem Statement (7pages):
• Literature Review to include:
o A synthesis of the literature of 15–20 peer reviewed, scholarly resources
o A description of theoretical gaps in the research
• Problem Statement to include:
o An explanation of the specific problem that addresses identified gaps within the literature
o An explanation of how your problem statement incorporates implications for positive
social change.
Section 3 — Personal Public Health Leadership Theory (3 pages):
• An articulation of your personal Public Health Leadership Theory
Section 4 — Revised Visual Representation of Your Public Health Leadership Theory (4
pages):
Your visual representation should include:
• Your personal Public Health Leadership Theory to address the gaps identified in the
literature
• A visual representation of the theory (e.g. table, graph, matrix)
• A explanation on how the theory addresses the literature gap identified in Week 5
• A description of how your theory incorporates aspects of systems thinking
Section 5 — Empirical Evaluation Plan for a Public Health Leadership Theory (3 pages):
You will assess if the newly developed leadership theory addresses the problem you have
been working on. What methodological steps will you use? How will you collect data?
Suggestion – start with how theories in our text are evaluated. It does not have to be
detailed, but it must include the methods, measures and analytic techniques.
If the assignments are done correctly, there should be an alignment from the topic of
choice to the evaluation:
• The topic is researched in the literature
• The literature review points out a theoretical gap that needs to be addressed by
leadership
• The gap is turned into a problem statement
• A leadership theory to address the problem proposed
• The theory is depicted in a visual; and finally
• An evaluation plan describes how the newly developed theory resolves the problem
identified in the literature
Section 6 — Conclusion (1pages)
Section 7 — References
Required Readings
Nahavandi, A. (2014). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson.
• Chapter 1, “Definition and Significance of Leadership”
• Chapter 6, “Current Era in Leadership”
• Chapter 7, “Other Leadership Perspectives”
• Chapter 9, “Leading Change”
• Chapter 10, “Developing Leaders”
Avolio, B. J., Walumbwa, F. O., & Weber, T. J. (2009). Leadership: Current theories,
research, and future directions. Annual Review of Psychology, 60(1), 421–449.
Best, A., & Holmes, B. (2010). Systems thinking, knowledge and action: Towards better
models and methods. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate & Practice, 6(2),
145-159.
Koh, H. (2009). Fostering public health leadership. Journal of Public Health, 31(2), 199–
201.
