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HS450 Unit 3 Assignment

Managing and Leading Change in a Health Organization

Course Outcome

● HS450-2: Demonstrate how effective team building optimizes the

implementation of strategic planning.

Unit Outcomes

 Differentiate among the different types of teams and task groups and their uses in health care organizations.

 Understand the factors associated with high-performing teams.

 Define the communication process and what constitutes effective communication.

Instructions

You are a healthcare leader within a large multi-campus hospital system. The CEO and Board of

Directors have tasked you to facilitate discussion with other health professionals regarding a new

EHR system that will be implemented across the organization. Please complete the assignment as

indicated in the instructions below.

Part

Competency

Assessed

Instructions

1

Build effective teams.

Construct a plan to build effective teams in collaboration for a

selecting a new EHR system. Your plan should include at least

three (2) team/consensus building methods.

2

Interpret concepts of

change management

theories, techniques

and leadership.

Evaluate the concepts of change management theories,

techniques, and leadership by critiquing the challenges with

implementing a new EHR system within the organization. Your

evaluation should include at least three (2) concepts of change

management, risk exposure, organizational design, and/or

mergers.

3

Implement a

departmental strategic

plan.

Demonstrate implementation of a department strategic plan by

analyzing strategic planning, critical thinking for organizational

leadership, and/or benchmarking. Evaluate the best practices in

strategic leadership against the potential pitfalls with implementing

strategic plans.

4. Evaluate the stages

of the procurement

process.

Evaluate the stages of the procurement process by critiquing the

value of a Request for Proposal (RFP), Requisition for Information

(RFI), and Request for Quotation (RFQ). Judge the needs for an

organization by developing a plan to use each procurement

process type.

Assignment Requirements

● Please complete all parts in a Microsoft Word document.

● The body of your document should be at least 1200 words in length.

● Quoting should be less than 10% of the entire paper. Paraphrasing is necessary.

● Students must cite and reference at least 4 credible sources from the KU Library.

● Please be sure visit the Kaplan Writing Center to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written Assignments.

Submit your work to the appropriate Dropbox.

Assignment Guide for the

HS450 - Unit 3 Assignment

Managing and Leading Change in a Health Organization

Grading Criteria Topics to Study Suggested Resources

Part 1: Student

has demonstrated

the ability to build

effective teams.

Team-building

Consensus building

techniques

“Process improvement methodologies,”

Pages 818–833 in Health Information

Management by Latour, et al. (2013)

Part 2: Student

has interpreted

concepts of

change

management

theories,

techniques, and

leadership.

Change

management

Risk exposure

Organizational

design and mergers

“The transformation of leadership” in

Managing and Leading People through

Organizational Change: The Theory and

Practice of Sustaining Change through

People by Julie Hodges (2016)

Chapter 23 in Health Information

Management by Latour, et al. (2013)

Chapter 11 in Strategic Planning in Health

Systems in Essentials of Strategic Planning

in Healthcare by Harrison (2016)

Part 3: Student

has demonstrated

the ability to

implement a

departmental

strategic plan.

Strategic planning

Benchmarking

Chapter 29 in Health Information

Management by Latour, et al. (2013)

Chapter 3: “Fundamentals of Strategic

Planning” in Essentials of Strategic Planning

in Healthcare by Harrison (2016)

Part 4: Student

has evaluated the

stages of the

procurement

process.

Request for

Proposal (RFP)

Request For

Information (RFI)

Request for

Quotation (RFQ)

Chapter 5 in Information Systems Project

Management by Olson (2014)

“Acquiring Materials, Supplies and

Equipment,” Pages 131–141 in Project

Management Jump Start by Heldman (2011)

AHIMA CEE Curriculum Mapping

Domain Subdomain Competency

Domain VI. Leadership

Subdomain VI.A. Leadership

Roles

6. Build effective teams

Domain VI. Leadership

Subdomain VI.B. Change

Management

1. Interpret concepts of change

management theories, techniques and

leadership

Domain VI. Leadership

Subdomain VI.F. Strategic and

Organizational Management

2. Implement a departmental strategic plan

Domain VI. Leadership

Subdomain VI.G. Financial

Management

3. Evaluate the stages of the procurement

process