HSA 4180 Chapter 14: Organization Characteristics that may impeded Change
1 Dec 2016
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Organizations also have unique personalities, past experiences, biases, current life stresses, and other factors that, for some organization, can impede change. Chapter 4 : organizations have structures that range from mechanistic to organic, mechanistic type. Enables change: other structural barriers that impede change include: Chapter 11 : what comprises organization culture: Understandings shared by members as the correct way to: Some organizations have cultures in which employees believe they are not allowed to questions their bosses, dare not make mistakes, and should respect tradition. That culture has some advantages but it also has the disadvantage of impeding change. On the other hand, some culture value innovation and learning, and employees respect creative new ideas: that culture supports change. Staff interactions are based on hierarchy, rules, professional identities, and status. Identity and self-image are strongly linked to one"s profession and only weakly to one"s organization. Relationships between healthcare staff and managers are based on transactions, self- interests, and conflicting goals.
