Discuss two ways you would assess an organizations readiness for change. Once you have determined that your organization is ready for a needed change, how would you assess a potential impact for change before moving forward with implementation. What difference will the change make? How will you think about the change? Who will be affected?

Discuss two ways you would assess an organizations readiness for change. Once you have determined that your organization is ready for a needed change, how would you assess a potential impact for change before moving forward with implementation. What difference will the change make? How will you think about the change? Who will be affected?

Discuss two ways you would assess an organizations readiness for change. Once you have determined that your organization is ready for a needed change, how would you assess a potential impact for change before moving forward with implementation. What difference will the change make? How will you think about the change? Who will be affected?

Topic 3 DQ 2

Organizational change is part of organizations’ growth as leaders look forward to improving processes, cultures, and health care outcomes. However, the success of any change depends on the organization’s readiness. Innovative change leaders are highly encouraged to assess an organization’s readiness for change before initiating a change project. The assessment helps to mitigate risk and increase success chances. This discussion is on readiness strategies for change and how to assess the potential impact before implementing change.

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Assessing an Organization’s Readiness for Change

An organization’s readiness for change can be assessed by using assessment tools or an in-depth reflection on the organization’s history with change. Generally, a readiness assessment tool rates the organization’s ability to support and implement change in critical areas such as culture, leadership, and resources (Miake-Lye et al., 2020). A suitable example of such tools is the Organizational Readiness to Change Assessment (ORCA) instrument. The tool has three major scales measuring the strength of evidence, organizational context, and the organization’s capacity to facilitate change (Crittendon et al., 2020). Reflecting on the organization’s history with change shows how past efforts were handled. It is an effective strategy for evaluating management’s support.

Assessing Potential Impact for Change

Organizational changes affect policies, culture, and workplace relationships, among other elements. It is vital to determine how it will impact key areas before moving forward with implementation. Analyzing the performance of a similar change in other organizations can effectively determine potential impacts. Guiding principles should be the difference the change will make, and the people affected. It is also vital for a change leader to think positively about the change to remain motivated and cope with barriers and challenges typical in change implementation.

Conclusion

Organizational change is inevitable in today’s health practice as organizations adopt new cultures and approaches to everyday work. Since success depends on an organization’s readiness, change leaders should always assess an organization’s readiness for change before implementing the change. Readiness tools and a reflection on the organization’s history with change are effective assessment strategies.

References

Crittendon, D. R., Cunningham, A., Payton, C., Mills, G., Kelly, S., LaNoue, M., & Arenson, C. (2020). Organizational readiness to change: Quality improvement in family medicine residency. PRiMER: Peer-Review Reports in Medical Education Research, 4. doi: 10.22454/PRiMER.2020.441200

Miake-Lye, I. M., Delevan, D. M., Ganz, D. A., Mittman, B. S., & Finley, E. P. (2020). Unpacking organizational readiness for change: an updated systematic review and content analysis of assessments. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4926-z

Discuss two ways you would assess an organization’s readiness for change. Once you have determined that your organization is ready for a needed change, how would you assess a potential impact for change before moving forward with implementation. What difference will the change make? How will you think about the change? Who will be affected?