incidents, while also recognizing and tracking broader behavioral patterns. Triggers may be located in the organizational structure and culture itself. The structural relationships within an organization including degrees of authority, participation in decision making, nature of supervision, and sources of power can perpetuate violence—or alternatively, co-create peace (Holton, 1995). Conflict tends to increase with the size of the organization, so it is important for educators and administrators to be warier in larger institutions with more formal relationships, increased role ambiguity, increased specialization, and social fragmentation (Holton, 1995). Triggers could also be related to unconscious approval of stereotyping, or of gender biased activities and discourse in… Continue Reading...
the policies and procedures that directly impact the culture of care. Analyzing areas of weakness within the organizational structure and culture via established assessments like the Patient-and Family-Centered Care Organizational Self-Assessment Tool, it is possible to create multidisciplinary teams that promote the organization’s vision of patient-centered care.
Factors Influencing Patient-Centered Care
Business Practices
Administrators and executives of the healthcare organization guide the business practices within their organization. In essence, the executive and managerial layers will influence the organizational culture, guiding philosophies and values, spending practices, and the different standard operating procedures that healthcare workers need to follow. Executive layers and nurse leaders can both influence the ability… Continue Reading...
Washington High School case study is astute, paying attention to the need for top-down organizational structure and culture change. It is important for all administrators and educators to be honest and self-assess the situation, in order to come up with the most cogent and meaningful solutions to the problem.
Indeed, the first step is total evaluation of the system. Unfortunately, even principles have their hands tied when it comes to being unable to transform educational policies. Educational policies are determined by politicians, often those with little knowledge of what actually occurs on the ground in the real world of education. In spite of this… Continue Reading...
