Multidisciplinary top management teamwork: effects on local health department performance

Local health departments often use multidisciplinary top management teams (TMTs) to organize the work of the agency. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of TMTs in North Carolina local health departments and how TMTs use affected agency performance. TMT diversity and TMT performance pos...

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Published in:Journal of public health management and practice Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 21
Main Author: Lovelace, K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.01.2001
Subjects:
Conflict (Psychology)
Efficiency, Organizational
Health Services Research
Humans
Institutional Management Teams - organization & administration
Institutional Management Teams - statistics & numerical data
Interprofessional Relations
Management Audit - statistics & numerical data
North Carolina
Organizational Objectives
Public Health Administration - standards
Surveys and Questionnaires
Total Quality Management - organization & administration
North Carolina
ISSN:1078-4659
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Summary:Local health departments often use multidisciplinary top management teams (TMTs) to organize the work of the agency. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of TMTs in North Carolina local health departments and how TMTs use affected agency performance. TMT diversity and TMT performance positively affected the local health departments' (LHDs) performance. As well, the TMTs' agenda affected LHD performance. The more that TMTs discussed community health assessment and political changes in the community, the better the LHD performance on the core functions. Implications for public health practice and leadership in local health departments are discussed.
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ISSN:1078-4659
DOI:10.1097/00124784-200107010-00006