LRD-615 Topic 7 DQ 1: ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE

LRD-615 Topic 7 DQ 1: ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE

LRD-615 Topic 7 DQ 1: ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE:
Discuss the importance of identifying and acknowledging short-term wins during change. What types of short-term wins are most meaningful? Why?

Short-Term Wins During Change

Change is inevitable in healthcare and any other realm of practice or industry; however, healthcare is unique, as about two-thirds of all initiated change projects fail ( Barrow et al., 2022). Some of the reasons attributed to these failures include poor planning, unmotivated staff, deficient communication, and or frequent change. In the change management process, it is critical to keep track of the change initiatives; this is where short-term wins come into the picture. Short-term wins should be undeniably successful, visible in the organization, and related to the overall change initiative. In his theory of change management, Kotter, in the eight-stage change process at number six, generates short-term wins by creating visible results (Asikhia et al., 2021). Short-term wins are milestones to achieve goals, and every change effort requires built-in short-term wins, which act as intermediate benchmarks and must be celebrated when met ( Brock, Peak, & Bunch, 2019)...