Mergers In Health Care Organizations

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Individual Change and Case Study 1 As a middle manager of a health care organization and as previously stated, employees will voice concerns about the recent merger. However, the manager should first understand the impact the combination of organizations will have on the current organization culture (Shrieves, 2010). Second, the manager must realize that culture is deeply embedded in each of us, and with the merge of two organizations, both cultures will feel the impact. Third, A manager, will find it necessary to review the current environment of the organization, and then examine the possible areas of environmental overlap during the merger of the organizations. Next, the manager will develop cultural concepts such as scope of practice,…show more content…
Further, health care teams should be from the correct mix of employees from both organizations, even though they may present resistance to areas of change. Still, the manager should observe and interpret the resistance as positive feedback. Employee resistance is a form of communication that could improve and redesign the implementation of change within the organization. After the merger of the organizations, the new organization will have a new look in terms of systems and shape. Additionally, the community will have full access to all the resources under one health care system. The new organization will have a health care system with emphasizes on high quality patient care and patient safety. The new system will also ensure timely access to care, better coordination between resources, and better flow of patient information through electronic medical record…show more content…
Some of the impacts include employee concerns, the current environment, development of new cultural concepts, a new hierarchy, and new delegation among employees. However, there are a couple of ways to decrease the impact on two organizational cultures as the merger begins: 1) discuss the assumptions of beliefs and values from each health care team; and (2 discuss the organizational core components that will provide a clear vision to the possibilities of a new organization culture. Moreover, middle mangers must ensure that the combined staff will work together to provide quality care without taking on a competitive stance. Working together is easier in a positive work environment; and the manager realizes that resistance is part of the change process and employee resistance actions are a reflection into the process. Therefore, the manager should remain flexible through out the change process. The end-result of which will be a new look in terms of systems and shape. In this case, the system will include the new organization will have a health care system with emphasizes on high quality patient care and patient safety. The new system will also ensure timely access to care, better coordination between resources, and better flow of patient information through electronic medical record system. The shape of the new organization is a new culture that

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