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Module 1 Assignment

Project: (This is an individual, not a group or team assignment)

Some of the guidelines for working on these skills within your paper include the following:

Describe the healthcare system, including the history and development. Include the number and types of people who work in this system, for example the number of employees and the number of patients served.

What are the mission, vision, and values of your system? How are these things demonstrated to your clients and the community?

What smaller systems are within your system? Is your system part of a larger system? Describe the interrelationships of your system with other smaller or larger systems. Describe these points of interaction.

Describe the culture in your system. What are the shared beliefs and values of those who work in your system? How is conflict handled? How likely is it that your system will take risks? Describe the power structure within your system. Include anything else that you think describes your culture.

Provide an analysis of a Health System Issue

Apply Kotter’s 8 Stage Model to the issues and focus of your project (see below)

What financial costs will be incurred because of your change?

Conclusion.

Kotter’s 8-stage model is a useful, comprehensive, step-by-step approach for making change. It applies systemic thinking to any change project.

Stage 1: Establishing a Sense of Urgency

Stage 2: Creating the Guiding Coalition

Stage 3: Developing A Vision and Strategy

Stage 4: Communicating the Change Vision

Stage 5: Empowering Employees for Broad Based Action

Stage 6: Generating Short-term Wins

Stage 7: Consolidating Gains and Producing More Change

Stage 8: Anchoring New Approaches in the Culture

Please review the following:

http://www.kotterinternational.com/the-8-step-process-for-leading-change/

Objective:

Analyze the context in which your scholarly project will take place.

Assess the organization.

Identify system issues and facilitate organization-wide changes in practice delivery.

Table of Analysis of Health System Issue Project Due Dates

Week

Due

Week One

Choose a Topic

Week Two

Intro of your system analysis & how stage 1 and 2 of Kotter’s change model apply to your topic.

Week Three

Continue and Submit Literature Search

Week Five

Submit First Draft of Paper

Week Six

Review and Edit First Draft

Week Seven

Submit Final Paper

Write and Post an Executive Summary

Week Eight

Critique Presentations of Two Other Students

Assignment for week 1: Prepare a paper an introduction of 500 – 700 words describing the system that you have selected for your paper.

Describe the system, including the history and development. Include the number and types of people who work in this system, for example the number of employees and the number of patients served.

What are the mission, vision, and values of your system? How are these things demonstrated to your clients and the community?

Module 2 Assignment

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Assignment – Final Project Introduction, Stage 1 and 2 of Kotter’s Change model.

Directions: Synthesize the introduction of the project with a systems analysis of a large healthcare institution applying Stage 1 and 2 of Kotter’s change model to your topic.

Stage 1: Establishing a Sense of Urgency

Stage 2: Creating the Guiding Coalition

Submit your draft for instructor feedback by day 7. It should be approximately 1,000 words in length.

Module 3 Assignment

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Continue working on your final project centering this week on Stages 3 and 4 of Kotter’s Change Model and apply to your topic.

Stage 3: Developing A Vision and Strategy

Stage 4: Communicating the Change Vision

Submit by Day 7 of week 3. Discuss the steps for implementing the system issue you have selected given the steps in the Kotter change model, and apply them to the large health institution used in Week 2 in performing a systems analysis. How would you expect the Mission, Vision, Values and Goals to be successfully communicated to the organization? What happens if the workers do not understand or accept them and how should the leaders deal with this implementation problem?

This assignment should be approximately 1,000 words.

Module 4 Assignment

Final Project Stage 5 and 6

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Continue working on Stages 5 and 6 of Kotter’s Change Model and apply to your topic.

Stage 5: Empowering Employees for Broad Based Action

Stage 6: Generating Short-term Wins

Discuss how the system empowers employees for broad based actions of change as it applies to your system and how the system generate short term wins for achievements of strategic organizational goals. This assignment should be approximately 500-700 words in length.

Please Note: The final submission of your project is due Week 7.

Module 4 Assignment

Leading Change Paper

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Using Kotter’s tables comparing the 20th and 21st century organizations and his tables on lifelong learning, in Leading Change, write a 6-8 page paper discussing the following.

To what extent has your practice setting in your workplace moved into the 21st century model? Give specific examples.

Briefly describe yourself in terms of the characteristics of lifelong learning depicted in the table and analyze your competitive capacity.

Discuss the extent to which you have the mental habits that support lifelong learning as outlined in the Table on mental habits in lifelong learning. Give specific examples.

Module 5 Assignment

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Evaluate how your identified organization has utilized Kotter’s stage 7 and 8 of consolidating changes to produce more change and anchored the new approaches within the organization. This should be approximately 700-1000 words.

Stage 7 Consolidating Gains and Producing More Change

Stage 8: Anchoring New Approaches in the Culture

Submit your draft on this page by Day 7 for instructor feedback that can be used to complete your final paper on these stages.

Module 6 Assignment

Completion of your final project

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Completion of your final project

Use Week Six for the following.

Review all the drafts you have completed over the term and incorporate the instructor feedback you have received on each of them.

Working on your final paper, which is due next week (Week 7).

Speak with your instructor about any questions you have.

Module 6 Assignment

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Review the ten sources of organizational toxicity described in Peter-O’Grady and Malloch and describe the ways in which these can be handled by leaders to make the organization healthy. (This should be approximately 1,000 words)

Module 7 Assignment

Final Project

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Directions:

Revise your final paper based on feedback from your drafts. Be sure to include all required information. Submit your final paper on this page by Day 7.

Criteria for final paper

Advanced practice nurses prepared at the doctoral level should be able to assess organizations, identify system issues, and facilitate organization-wide changes in practice delivery. Systems or systemic thinking is a critical part of these skills.

Use APA format.

Some of the guidelines for working on these skills within your paper include the following.

Describe the system, including its history and development. Include the number and types of people who work in this system, for example the number of employees and the number of patients served.

What are the mission, vision, and values of your system? How are these things demonstrated to your clients and the community?

What smaller systems are within your system? Is your system part of a larger system? Describe the interrelationships of your system with other smaller or larger systems. Describe these points of interaction.

Describe the culture in your system. What are the shared beliefs and values of those who work in your system? How is conflict handled? How likely is it that your system will take risks? Describe the power structure within your system. Include anything else that you think describes your culture.

Apply Kotter’s 8 Stage Model to your project.

What financial costs will be incurred because of your change?

Conclusion.

Module 7 Assignment

Final Project Executive Summary

Remember to submit your work following the file naming convention FirstInitial.LastName_M01.docx. For example, J.Smith_M01.docx. Remember that it is not necessary to manually type in the file extension; it will automatically append.

Start by reading and following these instructions:

1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.

2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.

4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Directions:

Write an executive summary.

This should be 1-2 pages in length. Please Note: Points will be deducted if you go beyond 2 pages in length.

Submit your executive Summary on this page by Day 7.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/726/07/

During Week Eight, you will share and discuss your executive summary with your classmates through a discussion board.

Module 8 Assignment

Signature Assignment

Signature Assignment Title: Organizational Systems and Leadership

Presentation:

The advance practice nurse is preparing to examine the role of leadership within a healthcare system. There is a need to demonstrate understanding of the organizational and system leadership from theory to practice. This presentation will examine organizational and systems leadership through the quality improvement (QI) process.

Choose a QI measure for the focus of this presentation and answer the following questions:

What is the historical evolution of science and technology in the context of the impact on the practice of leadership in regard to quality improvement.

What are two ways that innovation is integrated into healthcare?

How does complexity impact the leadership role?

Apply principles of systems thinking to your selected QI measure.

How would you apply conflict management and conflict resolution principles using leadership practices for implementation of the QI measure?

What ways can you use complex communication processes in the healthcare industry to address this QI measure?

How can you use emotional competence for the individual and the health care team as it relates to the QI process?

How can the leader minimize toxicity in organizations especially when implementing a new QI measure?

Apply change management practices and principles to your chosen QI measure.

Analyze personal leadership styles through the lens of new learning and develop an ongoing plan for leadership development.

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes on content slides and recorded audio. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for a quality content and presentation.