Trans-Organizational Competencies

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Trans-organizational Competencies Another skill worthy of possessing by a public health leader is the trans-organizational skill. Having this skill means a leader has the ability to understand organizational dynamics. It also means such a leader has an inter-organizational collaborating mechanism, and can also forecast and market any social issues that are trending or may emerge. By understanding organizational dynamics, a public health leader is often able to identify new system structures which consist of all organizations, people, and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain public health (CITATION). In identifying these system structures, he is also able to communicate the identified structure as the case may be.