Staff profile
Dr Zhanming Liang
Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Public Health and Human BiosciencesDepartment of Public Health
HS1-221, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 5136
- F: +61 3 9479 1783
- E: z.liang@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
MB BS; MSc (Mental Health); PhD (Senior health executive workforce)
Membership of professional Associations
Fellow, Australian College of Health Service Executives (FCHSE)
Area of study
Health Administration
Health Policy
Public Health
Brief Profile
Ming had a wealth of experiences in working as a clinical practitioner, planning and evaluation consultant, and senior manager in the healthcare sector before she pursued her academic career. She has been teaching and researching in the area of Health Services Management since 2005. She joined the School of Public Health, La Trobe University in July 2007 after the completion of her PhD titled "Characteristics, competencies and Challenges: a quantitative and qualitative study of the senior health executive workforce in NSW, 1990-1999" with Griffith University in 2006.
Her current research focuses are evidence-informed managerial decision making, competencies among middle to senior level managers in hospitals and community health services and health service management workforce development. She also has strong interests in planning, evaluation, project management, health service management education design, and prevention and interventions in drug and alcohol use.
Research interests
Health Services and policy reform
- Please contact me to discuss a topic.Health Services Management
- Please contact me to discuss a topic.Quality and Safety
- Please contact me to discuss a topic.Teaching Units
PHE5PDE - Program Development and Evaluation
PHE5HCQ (Face to Face and Online) - Health Care Quality
PHE5AHS - Australia Health System
Consulting
Project planning and evaluation, planning and evaluation training, management competency assessment, research design and development, report and publication preparation
Recent Publications
Books
Dwyer J, Liang Z, Thiessen V and Martini A. (2013). Project management in health and community services: getting good ideas to work. Allen & Unwin: Sydney (in press).
Howard P, Liang Z and Fitzgerald L (2009) Evidence-based decision making in health service management: the knowledge and practice amongst middle to senior level health service managers in Victoria, Australia. VDM: Saarbuecken.
Liang Z (2008). Health reforms and Australian senior health executive workforce: characteristics, competencies and challenges. VDM: Saarbuecken.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Other Publications
Liang Z, Leggat S, Howard, P and Koh L. “What makes a hospital manager competent at the middle and senior levels”, Australian Health Review (Accepted for publication on 06/12/12).
Liang, Z, Howard P, Koh L & Leggat S. Competency requirements for middle and senior managers in community health services. Australian Journal of Primary Health 2012 (in press).
Liang Z, Howard P & Koh L. Hey boss: are you sure they are the managers you are looking for?- Managerial competency requirements for level II & III managers in community health services. 1st Global Healthcare Conference 2012, Global Science and Technology: Singapore.
Liang Z, Howard P, Leggat S & Murphy G. A framework to improve evidence-informed decision-making in health service management. Australian Health Review 2012, 36:284-89.
Liang Z and Howard PF “Evidence-informed managerial decision-making – what evidence counts? (part two)” Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2011, 6(2):12-21.
Liang Z, Howard PF, Rasa J. “Evidence-informed managerial decision-making – what evidence counts (Part One)?” Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2011. 6(1), p23-29.
Liang, Z and Howard, P F "Competencies required by senior Health Executives in NSW, 1990 -1999", Australian Health Review 2010, 34, 52-58.
Liang, Z and Brown, C “The twenty-first century face of senior health executives”, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2008, Vol 3 (2): 30-36.
Liang Z. and Howard, P. "Lesson learned from the introduction of performance management to the senior health executive levels in NSW in the 1990s", Australian Health Review 2007, 31 (3). (Accepted for publication)
Liang Z, Short SD, Brown CR. "Characteristics and employment status of senior health managers in the 1980s, 1990s and early 21 st Century: implication for future research and education development". The International Journal of Health Administration Education Summer 2006, 23(3): 281-302.
Liang Z. Short SD, Howard PF, Brown CR. "Centralised control and devolved responsibilities: personal experiences of top-level health executives on the implementation of area health management model in NSW 1986-99". Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2006, 1(2): 44-50.
Liang Z, Short, SD, Lawrence B. "Healthcare reform in New South Wales 1986- 1999: using the literature to predict the impact on senior health executive". Australian Health Review 2005, 29(3): 285-91.
Liang, Z. " Drug awareness and education program for Chinese parents in the Fairfield Local Government Area - Final Project Report to NSW Premiers Department". DRUG-ARM NSW, 2003
Liang, Z. " DRUG-ARM Wollongong Street Outreach Service -interim report to Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation". DRUG-ARM NSW. 2003.
Liang, Z. "DRUG-ARM Wollongong Street Outreach Service - final report to Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation". DRUG-ARM NSW. 2003.
Conference Proceedings
Leggat, S. Liang Z and Howard P. ‘We know you are a competent health services manager - now help us prove it!’, ACSHE National Congress, July 2010, Fremantle.
Liang. Z. and Howard P. ‘The practice of evidence-based decision making among healthcare managers in Victoria: implications to researchers and research institutions’. SHAPE Symposium, July 2009, Glenelg. Liang Z. and Howard P. ‘Strategies to improve the use of evidence in health management decision making’, ACSHE National Congress, Aug 2009, Gold Coast.
Liang, Z.M., Short, S. & Brown, C.R. 'preliminary finding of the development of the roles and responsibilities of Senior Health Executives in NSW Health Public Service, 1986 to present', ACHSE QLD State Conference, Gold Coast, 2005.
Liang, Z.M., Short, S., 'Researching the development of the roles and responsibilities of top-level executives within the NSW health service, 1986 to present', Annual SHAPE (Society for Health Administration Programs in Education) Symposium, Sydney , NSW, July, 2003.
Liang, Z.M., 'The struggles and experiences in developing the newly released ex-prisoners supported accommodation program in Blacktown Area' , Sydney Metropolitan CDAT (Community Drug Action Team) Conference, Homebush Bay , NSW, June 2003.
Liang, Z.M., 'The effectiveness of drug and alcohol education programs to Chinese Parents in the Fairfield Local Government Area', 4 th International Conference on Young People and Drugs, Wellington, New Zealand, May, 2003.
Liang, Z.M ., 'Government and non-government agencies to work together to tackle drug and alcohol problems', Drug Action Week 2002: Fairfield Drug and Alcohol Workers' Forum, Fairfield , NSW, June 2002
Liang, Z.M., 'Service gaps in supporting family with dual diagnosis', Drug Action Week 2002: Mental Health Forum, Liverpool , NSW, June 2002.
Research projects
Competencies for healthcare managers in Victoria: An exploratory, mixed-methods study to guide health management workforce development (2011 – 2012). Funded by VHA, ACHSM, Sector Workforce Planning, DoH and 11 Health Services in Vic.
Project Management in health and community service in Australian (completed in 2012)
Evidence-based management practice among senior healthcare managers Victoria. Funded by ACHSM Vic Branch (completed in 2009).
