Evaluating the impact of the Management Academy for Public Health: Developing entrepreneurial managers and organizations

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 436-445

  Umble, Karl E ^a   Orton, Stephen ^a   Rosen, Benson ^a   Ottoson, Judith ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action learning; Evaluation; Government employees; Management development; Managers; New Public Management; Public administration; Public health; Reinventing government; Training

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; JOB ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKILL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 33747520327     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200609000-00006     Document Type: Review

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