Leadership and Management in Public Health Setting in Somalia

This study deemed to explore the lived experiences of public health care leaders in leading and managing public health care services in Somalia. A qualitative descriptive-exploratory design determined and reported findings the way they were said and mentioned by the respondents in a narrative approach. Purposive sampling technique was used among 8 participants who were selected or sought for an interview, based on pre-selected inclusion and exclusion criteria. Video-audio recorder was used to ensure that answers from the 8 interviewees were collected and was transcribed into written responses, thus used for data analysis. The explored leadership and management in Somalia were (1) work specialization addressing change management, (2) departmentalization addressing organizational structure, (3) chain of command addressing leadership traits and styles, (4) span of control addressing performance management and conflict resolution, (5) centralization addressing team working, and (6) formalization addressing quality assurance and total quality management.

Keywords: Leadership; management; Nursing; Public health; Qualitative research; Somalia.