Leading Change in Healthcare: Transforming Organizations Using Complexity, Positive Psychology and Relationship-Centered Care

Peter Block,Carol A Aschenbrener

Leading Change in Healthcare: Transforming Organizations Using Complexity, Positive Psychology and Relationship-Centered Care
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
20 February 2011
Pages
362
ISBN
9781846194481

Leading Change in Healthcare: Transforming Organizations Using Complexity, Positive Psychology and Relationship-Centered Care

Peter Block,Carol A Aschenbrener

The challenge of transforming organizational culture is at the heart of many key movements in contemporary healthcare and understanding culture change has become a core leadership competency. However much current practice is based on antiquated and psychologically unsophisticated theories leaving leaders inadequately prepared for the complex task of implementing change. Leading Change in Healthcare presents relationship-centered administration an effective new evidence-based alternative to traditional culture change methodologies. It integrates fresh insights and methods from complexity science positive psychology and relationship-centered care enabling a more spontaneous and reflective approach to change management. This fosters greater organizational awareness and real participation as well as improved productivity and creativity as well as staff recruitment and retention. Case studies drawn from primary care hospitals long-term care professional education international NGOs and other settings rather than emphasizing the end results are demonstrations of how to apply relationship-centered administration in everyday practice. Leading Change in Healthcare is a key resource for all practitioners students and teachers of healthcare management medical educators and leaders in all areas of healthcare provision.

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