Posted: August 26th, 2016

draw on theoretical concepts around change management; functions and roles of a health services manager; health services organizations, external environment and any other theoretical concepts relevant to you change management proposal

The assignment is intended to take the form of a scenario based Change Management Plan.
For the purpose of this proposal, choose one of the two scenarios
1. You are a Senior Health Manager working in a public or private healthcare delivery setting (or facility) where service delivery predominantly focusses on curative care. In the context of increased debates on management of chronic and non-communicable diseases, you have received an extra allocated funding to improve the delivery of healthcare services in your healthcare setting moving away from a predominantly curative focus to an integrated (curative and preventive) healthcare services delivery model.
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2. You are a Senior Health Manager working in a rural Health Service. You have received an extra allocated funding to improve your health service moving away from acute care to a Primary Health Care Model.

As a health service manager, you are responsible for writing a change management plan addressing the following;
• A clearly defined context of change – a brief description of the organizational setting being considered which could be your work place or organization whose context you are well conversant with.
• A clearly defined need for the change i.e. problems and issues needing change or improvement; importance of considering change for these problems and issues
• A clearly defined intended change (type of change and what needs to be changed)
• Map the process of change which you will employ and outline how you will manage the change process as well as resistance to change
• Resources required for the change and how you will mobilize them i.e. how you will use the allocated funding and existing human resource (personnel) to implement the change plan.
• Techniques which you will use for sustaining the change and stimulating innovation

You will need to draw on theoretical concepts around change management; functions and roles of a health services manager; health services organizations, external environment and any other theoretical concepts relevant to you change management proposal

Also draw on your experience and knowledge of how to write and present a proposal i.e. cover page indicating the title and who the proposal will be submitted to.

Take time to understand Integrated Health Care and Primary Health Care models of care for you to be able to clearly define and justify the needed change.

Use of clear examples from the context which you are referring to for this assignment is critical to demonstrate your understanding and application of management theoretical concepts.