The two companies that have undergone similar, and fairly substantial, changes in recent years are Wal-Mart and General Motors (GM). Both are established publicly traded companies that are typically considered blue chip stocks. However, both have made the major decision in recent years to undergo corporate restructuring.…
In all aspects of life, whether it be personal or in business, there is one constant, that being “change is inevitable”. Change within an organisation or a business doesn’t just happen, there needs to be hard work and structure to around what must actually take place to make the change happen.…
issues on resistance to change and examine their relationship to one of the objectives of…
Electronic Health Record or EHR, is an electronic record of patient health information that includes demographics, progress notes, medications, vital signs, past medical history, and any other pertinent data that relates to a patient’s health record ("Himss", 2012-2013). Electronic Health Records make clinical workflow more effective and efficient as well as provides monetary incentives from Medicare and Medicaid for those organizations that implement the use of these electronic records. CPOE, also known as Computerized Physician Order Entry, is a system utilized by physicians to enter in patient orders electronically. It is a safer and more effective way for doctors to enter orders for their patients and by using it, an organization will receive monetary benefits from Medicare and Medicaid.…
Organizational change is difficult, although necessary to support growth and excellence in the market place. The concept of change can have negative connotations among employees, especially if change implementations have not been successful in the past. This paper is going to describe the need for change, barriers to change, factors that might influence change, readiness for change, the theoretical change model that relates to the change, and resources that support change implementation.…
A Summary Paper is due the last class session. The Summary Paper will contribute 33% to the course grade.…
The use of mobile technology for health care professionals, including personal digital assistants (PDAs) has increased exponentially in both clinical practice and nursing education (Farrell & Rose, 2008). Some evidence exists that the use of a PDA in health care settings may improve decision-making, reduce the numbers of medical errors, and enhance learning for both students and professionals (Nilsson, 2008); for these reasons, the Learning Technology Committee (LTC) at Sinclair Community College (SCC) explored the benefits of nursing students using the PDA at the bedside in the clinical setting. The committee proposed a change, Project PDA, to implement the use of PDA among novice nursing students and faculty. The following paragraphs will focus on the assessment and plan of the Project PDA; and examine the rationale for the change, barriers to change, influences on change, application of a theoretical model and resources available to support the change initiative.…
“The primary objective of change is to ensure the future competitive sustainability of an organization” (Borkowski, 2005, p. 391). The phases in organizational change are unavoidable, regardless if they have positive or negative results. A case study can demonstrate that a planned organizational change process will lead to the change success. In this paper, the case presented will demonstrate the importance of completing and implementing the phases of this process.…
Practice theories of implementing change are lagging behind process theories of organizational change and development. To address this gap, examining common breakdowns in implementing four process models of organization change: teleology (planned change), life cycle (regulated change), dialectics (conflictive change), and evolution (competitive change) is inciteful. Change agents typically respond to these breakdowns by taking actions to correct people and organizational processes so they conform to their model of change ( Van de Ven & Sun, 2011). This paper will describe process-driven change intervention, content-driven change intervention, task alignment and explain the differences among them.…
Theories that explain change can help one consistently influence and produce transformation (Eccles, Grimshaw, Walker, Johnson, & Pitts, 2005). This paper will identify the theory the author is using in her capstone project and the rationale behind the theory. She will discuss the ways the theory supports her proposed solution, and how she will incorporate the theory into her project.…
Spector (2010) stated “organizational change is typically initiated in response to a trigger event or a shift in the environment that precipitates a need for altered strategies and new patterns of employee behavior” (p.18). According to Spector (2010), to understand and analyze the dynamics of change it is important to sort out and distinguish the different approaches that can be taken. In chapter one Spector gives the reader insight into the Concord Bookshop, a bookstore that is in the process of implementing new changes. Spector (2010), states that “for the Concord Bookshop, the increasing penetration of online booksellers into the store’s market space triggered the requirement for strategic renewal” (p.18). Kurt Lewin developed a change model to assist organizations such as the Concord Bookshop with changes. There are three steps in Lewin’s model and they are: Unfreezing, Transitioning or Moving, and Refreezing. This paper will define Kurt Lewin’s three phases of organizational change and explain why the Concord Bookshop failed at implementing change effectively.…
This week’s assignment is about the application of leading organizational change. “Change is a process that makes something different, alters it, or transforms it.” (Howell and Costley 365 - 377) Changes within one’s organization can take a positive effect or a negative effect on that organization; therefore, it is extremely essential that the leaders within that organization take heed to virtually every aspect of the changes taking place in order to ensure quality assurance in one’s organization. “The leader’s role is tremendously important in guiding change efforts in organizations.” (Howell and Costley 365 - 377)…
With this type of interview the number and type of questions are left entirely to the interview’s discretion. While this gives s an experienced interviewer a degree of freedom, the process becomes suspect & could be challenged.…
Even though the positivist and phenomenological approaches seem to completely contradict one another, Bryman and Bell (2004) maintain that a researcher should not select one or the other but, instead, should weave the two together. In other words, for those aspects of the research problem which can be better served if explored through a scientific approach, the positivist methodology should be employed whereas those which require the researcher’s more active engagement or an analysis of the social environment, the phenomenological approach should be used. The implication here is that the two approaches can coexist within a single study and can be used to explore different aspects of the research problem (Bryman and Bell, 2004). Rather than select the one approach over the other, the selected research approach shall combine between the two. As such, the researcher shall engage in the objective analysis of tardiness behaviour through the analysis of attendance records while, at the same time, monitoring 20 students for a period of 12 weeks for the purpose of closer and more critical observation of the dimensions of the defined problem and the behavioural and situational variables which induce it. The effects of the corrective strategies which shall be deployed vis-àvis these 12 students shall also be observed. To this extent, the research unfolds within a phenomenological framework. The research, however, is not restricted to the phenomenological approach as a thorough investigation of the problem also necessitates the adoption of positivist approach. Therefore, for a better understanding of the social and environmental factors influencing tardiness, the…
The article that is being reviewed is called " A Hidden Risk of Big Organizational Change." The article was written by Kevin Ready for Forbes magazine. In this article Ready explains that organizations need major organizational changes from time to time due to changes in the market, mergers, and or not meeting their objectives. Change always comes with certain risks; some are obvious and some are not so obvious. Some of the obvious risks are, losing good employees, building team cohesiveness, and hiring new talent. One of the not so obvious risks is managing the decision makers who can sometimes not know when to stop making major changes.…