title: The crucible of public health practice: major trends shaping the design of the Management Academy for Public Health.
abstract: Public health leaders and managers need new leadership and management skills as well as greater entrepreneurial acumen to respond effectively to broad demographic, socioeconomic, and political trends reshaping public health. This article asserts that the need for such training and skills was the impetus for the conceptualization, design, and launch of the Management Academy for Public Health--an innovative executive education program jointly offered by the schools of business and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.affiliation: Urban Investments Strategy Center, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Campus Box 3440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. jim_johnson@unc.edu
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sabol
authors.forename: Edward L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009657:North Carolina; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011057:Politics; D011361:Professional Competence; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health; D000078329:Workforce