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For change models with a series of steps or phases, identify which phase/step you are at now with your project and how the change model guides you in moving to the next phase/step.

Week 4 1. Leading and managing change is an important part of successful project execution and implementation. The nurse leader and project manager should be intimately familiar with a particular change theory or model that serves as the framework for leading the change represented by a project. 2. Spend time researching and investigating some evidence-based […]

Review the reading from our text and state how Kotter’s last four steps were applied in the story, and then reflect on an organizational change effort that you are familiar with from the past using Kotter’s last four steps to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of the change effort.

2-2 Journal: Kotter’s Steps 5 Through 8 Instructions In our text Our Iceberg Is Melting, Kotter provides a story-based scenario of a situation needing a change intervention. Review the reading from our text and state how Kotter’s last four steps (5 through 8) were applied in the story (two paragraphs), and then reflect on an […]

Of the three change models—PDSA, Kotter, or Rogers—which would you choose to use and why? What makes the other two less useful? What influence did your leadership profile have on your choices?

Hayden Week 6 You are the CNO of your current healthcare organization and have been told that the current organizational structure of the nursing department is “top heavy,” resulting in financial loss for the institution in the last fiscal year. You’ve been instructed to restructure the department to flatten the line to reduce expenses. You […]

Prepare a change management plan using either the ADKAR, Kotter 8-Step Model, or other change model that you believe is appropriate for this transition.

CASE STUDY: Facilitating Change After a Merger & Acquisition After having earned your degree, you have been hired as the “Change Agent” to facilitate a merger and acquisition transition. An international insurance company acquired another insurance company in one of its many business deals. In order to merge the newly acquired entity into its operations, […]