PADM 700 Module 4 Discussion

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Statesmanship is important to the general public since it is greatly needed for the politicians in charge to use good and moral judgement when in a place of leadership. A public leader who displays courage and good judgement in a time of need is crucial for keeping people calm in a time of crisis (Fischer, 2010, p. 48). Applying this to the issues within the field of social work are beneficial for increasing retention and decreasing burnout and turnover rate. Statesmanship is essentially leadership or management led by a moral framework within the political or public administration field, and in someways is considered to be a lost art (Ruderman, 2012). One way to see how statesmanship can work in public administration to improve the quality of work environment for social workers is to collect insights from case studies that focus this issue. The case study I will be focusing on today is by Yoon Jik Cho and Hyun Jin Song and it navigates the determining factors of the high turnover rate within social work (2017). 242 social workers in South Korea are analyzed to measure if high turnover rate is directly connected to emotional labor. The study also analyzes if organizational trust results in higher retention. The main point of the case study is to show that emotional labor affects turnover intention of social workers. More importantly, what was found is that said turnover intension is directly related to organizational trust. This correlation is found positive through data collected from surveys. After thoroughly explaining what emotional labor is and what it can look like for a social worker, the author then goes on to connect organizational trust and retention. Statesmanship is relevant to this case study since it shows the main part of a large public administration issue being rooted in organizational trust. Organizational trust is a factor that would need require a leader to keep the focus on the organizational stability (Shafritz & Hyde, 2016, p. 95). In turn, the organization would thrive with a leader who exhibits good statesmanship and also manages the intricacies of social work, while keeping the workers at the forefront of the reason for change. To have good statesmanship in within social work, it would be important to trust that the workers are focused on the families, so the person in charge needs to continually focus on the workers. Organizational trust and support would enable the workers to whole heartedly focus on the work they have because they feel supported by their organization (Cho & Song, 2017). I mentioned before that statesmanship should be thought of as leadership or management within the field of public administration. While that is true, it is important to know that leadership and management are not always the same. They can often both focus on and accomplish the same goals, but management in itself is all about meeting the metrics set in place for the role, while leadership is about inspiring, motivating, and providing guidance needed for any situation one under them might be faced with (Fischer, 2010, p. 48). Another example of this would be Franklin running away due to the poor and unrelenting treatment from his brother (Baldwin, 2012). Franklin would be considered bad at managing his current situation with his brother, choosing to instead run away. However, fleeing in his situation could be seen as inspirational, admirable, and even as a courageous step towards the greater

good. Running away and facing the unknown shows that he was a visionary and taking the bigger picture into consideration, all of which makes him an excellent leader (Fischer, 2010, p. 42). A similar, albeit, reversed example of this would be Taft having more success in his role as Chief Justice than in his presidency (Burns, 2018). Taft was not liked while in the highly known leadership role of presidency. However, he showed organizational, managerial, and leadership skills when in his role of Chief Justice. He practiced true statesmanship and was able to reform the federal judiciary and supreme court (Burns, 2018). This idea of being a leader verses a manager almost paints a right for the wrong reasons or wrong for the right reasons type of theology. Navigating these situations can be tricky and often lead people to believe that they are justified in their actions of stretching rules because it is for the greater good (Liberty University & Fischer, 2019). However, this is why it should never be left to the individual to navigate such instances on their own. A higher power is imperative in everyone’s life for their decision making, especially in a statesmanship role where so many other lives are affected by the decision. Within social work and the issue of burnout, statesmanship should focus on implementing positive changes to increase organizational trust. However, child welfare is a hands-on field and any leader apart of it is expected to jump into emergencies and help make decisions. The ideal leader would need to meet a list of criteria, including copious experience in the field, expert coping and detachment skills, while remaining emotionally present and involved in the traumatic scenarios that are common. Sometimes, problematic situations do present with the options of either choosing to support the family at risk or the worker at risk of burnout. With such challenging issues decisions to make, the ideal statesman in who could actually create positive reform would benefit greatly from having a strong relationship with God rooted in faith (Osuagwu, 2023). References Fischer, Kahlib, "A Biblical-Covenantal Perspective on Organizational Behavior & Leadership" (2010). Faculty Publications and Presentations . 523. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubs/523 Shafritz, J. M., & Hyde, A. C. (2016). Classics of public administration . Cengage Learning. Ruderman, R. S. (2012). Statesmanship reconsidered. Perspectives on Political Science , 41 (2), 86–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2012.660841 Burns, K. J. (2018). Chief Justice as Chief Executive: TAFT’s judicial statesmanship. Journal of Supreme Court History , 43 (1), 47–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsch.12165

Baldwin, C. E. (2012). Franklin’s classical American statesmanship. Perspectives on Political Science , 41 (2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2012.660446 Cho, Y. J., & Song, H. J. (2017). Determinants of turnover intention of social workers. Public Personnel Management , 46 (1), 41–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091026017696395 Liberty University, & Fischer, K. F. (2019, June 18). Lesson 6 — Leadership [Video]. Liberty University. https://canvas.liberty.edu/courses/578121/pages/watch-lesson-6-leadership? module_item_id=64430979 Osuagwu, E. S. (2023). Christian statesmanship as a panacea for social policy constraints on differing political ideological fronts. Cogent Social Sciences , 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2281048

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