ORCID
0000-0003-3599-1417 (Yusuf)
College
Strome College of Business
Program
Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy - School of Public Service
Publication Date
Spring 2020
DOI
10.25883/5pma-8267
Abstract
Leaders and training are vital dimensions of organizational development and effectiveness. Availing leadership programs provide continuous learning to the leaders in public sector organizations. However, leaders in senior positions in the public sector organizations have faced struggles and obstacles that inhibit their capacity to drive organizational agenda. Therefore, understanding the relationship between the training programs and the performance of the leaders in the senior positions is vital. The study will discover the struggles and obstacles experienced by the public-service leader and the impact training middle managers the leadership skills. The study hopes to propose a training program for middle managers and organizational collaboration to foster leadership skills in leading public organizations. The study will use leadership behavior theory to explain, predict, and foster understanding of the relationship between middle managers' need for leadership training and effective performance in senior leadership positions in the public sector organizations. Additionally, the study will use a qualitative method that will involve interviews and focus groups data collections. The research will use the case of Local Emergency Management of Senior Professionals in Virginia to collect different perspectives on their experiences of leadership training and the effective capability of leading in public sector organizations.
Keywords
Leaders, Training, Organizational development, Public sector organizations, Performance
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Emergency and Disaster Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Performance Management | Training and Development
Files
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Recommended Citation
Alshayhan, Norah and Yusuf, Juita-Elena Wie, "Middle Managers & Leadership Trainings for Effective Senior Leadership Positions in Public Organizations; Applications in Emergency Management" (2020). College of Business (Strome) Posters. 1.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gradposters2020_business/1
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