Managing Change in Healthcare

A wide-ranging but practical text for healthcare practitioners to support them in the implementation of change in the workplace.

Informationen zum Autor Paul Parkin is a senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care at Brunel University, West London. He has been the Course Director for the Health Studies group of courses for 12 years and teaches change management across a range of postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the School Klappentext `Each chapter flows well and holds the reader's interest. The book is suitable for learners and experienced practitioners' Keith Hurst, Leeds University The management of change in the context of new policy directives and agendas is a critical issue for healthcare practitioners. All professionals - not just managers - need to develop and implement new services designed to bring patients into the centre of healthcare delivery. This book looks at the leadership, management and interpersonal skills needed to manage such change effectively within multiprofessional healthcare settings. The book: - Uniquely uses Action Research as a model for planning and implementing change at the patient-service interface. - Makes use of evidence and case studies to demonstrate the stages of the change process. - Includes advice and useful strategies for achieving change. - Shows dynamic change can be achieved at the individual, team, departmental and organisational level. - Covers a range of topics including organisational culture; leadership; conflict resolution; managerial roles; and organisational analysis. Managing Change in Healthcare will be ideal for all nursing and allied health care trainees taking courses in management and leadership. It will also be invaluable for qualified professionals and managers who need a clear and engaging guide to the key issues and skills underpinning effective healthcare management. Zusammenfassung A wide-ranging but practical text for healthcare practitioners to support them in the implementation of change in the workplace. Inhaltsverzeichnis Healthcare - A Changing Environment Action Research as a Strategy for Implementing Change The Social Context of Change Management in Healthcare - Theory and Practice Leadership in Health Care Approaches to Change Organizational and Professional Cultures in Healthcare Organizational Analysis and Learning Reactions to Change 1 - Resistance Reactions to Change 2 - Conflict Strategies for Implementing Change ...

Autorentext
Paul Parkin is a senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care at Brunel University, West London. He has been the Course Director for the Health Studies group of courses for 12 years and teaches change management across a range of postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the School

Klappentext
`Each chapter flows well and holds the reader's interest. The book is suitable for learners and experienced practitioners'

Keith Hurst, Leeds University

The management of change in the context of new policy directives and agendas is a critical issue for healthcare practitioners. All professionals - not just managers - need to develop and implement new services designed to bring patients into the centre of healthcare delivery. This book looks at the leadership, management and interpersonal skills needed to manage such change effectively within multiprofessional healthcare settings. The book:

• Uniquely uses Action Research as a model for planning and implementing change at the patient-service interface.

• Makes use of evidence and case studies to demonstrate the stages of the change process.

• Includes advice and useful strategies for achieving change.

• Shows dynamic change can be achieved at the individual, team, departmental and organisational level.

• Covers a range of topics including organisational culture; leadership; conflict resolution; managerial roles; and organisational analysis.

  Managing Change in Healthcare will be ideal for all nursing and allied health care trainees taking courses in management and leadership. It will also be invaluable for qualified professionals and managers who need a clear and engaging guide to the key issues and skills underpinning effective healthcare management.

  Inhalt

  Healthcare - A Changing Environment
  Action Research as a Strategy for Implementing Change
  The Social Context of Change
  Management in Healthcare - Theory and Practice
  Leadership in Health Care
  Approaches to Change
  Organizational and Professional Cultures in Healthcare
  Organizational Analysis and Learning
  Reactions to Change 1 - Resistance
  Reactions to Change 2 - Conflict
  Strategies for Implementing Change