PUBH6004: Leadership and Effecting Change in Public Health

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CASE STUDY1
Introduction
The effective functioning and operating of an organization is determined essentially by
the Leadership of the organization. There are several leadership theories that have emerged out
of the styles of leaderships followed by different individuals or organizations. The style of the
leadership is essentially determined by the position and the policies of the organization and what
end results it desires to achieve by the leadership style chosen. It is generally seen that the most
effective form of leadership in an organization is the way in which the organizational leaders
operate themselves and communicate with the employees of the organization and deliver the
message in the most effective manner that will help in improving the productivity of the
employee. This particular paper will analyze and understand the case study that has been
mentioned, of Mrs Helen. It is seen that she is an extremely efficient and productive General
Health Practitioner. There are various complexities associated with Mrs. Helen being chosen as
the leader in the public health sector. The paper will endeavor in critically understanding the
leadership style of the discussed person Mrs. Helen and then there will be possible suggestive
styles that could be embraced by the person so that the outcomes could have been more
productive.
Part 1
A critical analysis of the case study provided delivers a number of points that can be
considered to understand the situation as a whole. Mrs. Helen is of 35 years of age, which means
she has a good storage of experience that she has gathered till this time of her career. She works
as a General Health Practitioner in Warnambool. Warnambool is again in itself an area which is
quite rural and is located in the State of Victoria. Mrs. Helen herself was very much efficient iin

CASE STUDY2
her service as a health care provider. Therefore she is focused in what she is doing and gets to
see success in her endeavors of helping her patients. The main focus of the lady is to provide
primary care to the people of the rural region which will help the people in the region to recover
from their illness. Helen herself has moved to the region from the urban area of Melbourne,
therefore though there were some primary difficulties she could cope because of her
determination.
Lately there was a critical problem in the region of Warnambool and the health issues
among the people started increasing in the end part of the 2018. Infections rates increased,
mortality rates increased as well and the problem was most critically seen among the Children
because of very less immunization and not proper sanitation in place. Therefore it was needed by
the council of the region that the people living there must go through an awareness program
which will increase the immunization and the sanitation. Helen was found to be one of the best
candidates to be fulfilling this particular responsibility for which she was nominated as the leader
of the health awareness program that was arranged. However there were certain characteristic
traits that required the council to rethink their decision, the primary of which was the introvert
nature of her, she was perceived as a timid person who was mainly a timid and shy person in
social gatherings. In the job role the person required to interact and lead with 10 people who
were working under her to conduct the health awareness program successfully.
It is extremely important for an effective leader to be aware about how communication
should be made with the people whom he or she is leading. The first idea is to be convincing
enough so that there is no problem in getting a particular work to be done. The Australian
Government in this regards has formulated the program known as Health LEADS Australia for
developing proper leaders in the field of healthcare in Australia. This helps in creation of leaders