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N4455 Nursing Leadership & Management

Change Theories Project

Note: You will create a PowerPoint slide presentation (not an APA paper) for this assignment. Submit your assignment to the Academic Coach for grading for this module. If you do not submit a PowerPoint slide presentation you will not receive credit for this assignment.

 

Overview: Change Theories Project

 

Each student will produce a plan for implementing a change project in nursing departments throughout the organization. You will begin by selecting one of the options provided in module one and propose a change to solve the problem. If you do not select one of the provided options you will not receive credit for this assignment. Then you will select one of the change theories you have studied that models how you want to implement the proposed change. You will conduct a SWOT analysis and develop a comprehensive action plan. You will create a PowerPoint presentation of your plan with a “script” in the Notes section below each slide, as if you are presenting this to an audience. These will be your speaker notes as if you are presenting your PowerPoint to an audience. You MUST have a notes section for your slides. There will be a 50 point deduction if notes are not present. (The Notes section can be found below each slide within the PowerPoint presentation).

 

During and after your work, you will examine the types of communications, decision-making processes, and processes you use, and comment upon those in the last part of the “script.”

 

Objectives

1. Select and utilize a change theory model to implement the proposed change (chapter 5),

 

2. Analyze the leadership roles and management skills necessary to implement a new program.,

 

Identify your decision-making process. Demonstrate the elements of the change process.,

 

Action Plan (Pivotal portion of project),

 

Your plan will include at least-

 

• Supporting rationale for implementing the new program.,

 

• Steps and processes necessary to assure staff compliance.,

 

• Ways in which you will communicate your plan.,

 

• The change process you have chosen with an explanation of how and why this model was selected.,

 

• A definition of the leadership style you expect to be most effective.

 

• What management functions you will utilize.

 

• Any budget requirements/implications.

 

• The advantages and disadvantages of using a work group vs. sending an e-mail announcing the change.

 

• A plan for how you will handle noncompliance, late majority, laggards, and rejecters.

 

• Specifications regarding how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your proposal.

 

You are expected to use current professional references to support your work throughout. At least two of your references must be from separate professional nursing management journals.

 

Project Presentation

 

Your presentation should be constructed as follows:

 

You will open a new PowerPoint presentation and save it to your computer desktop or other storage device with the filename: N4455_ YOURNAME. In the actual file, YOURNAME should be replaced by your name.

 

The presentation should include slides with the script in the Notes section of each slide. This script reflects what would be said at an oral presentation of the change proposal to key stakeholders. The slides should be created as follows-

 

Slide 1: Title Slide – Title and Your Name Slide 2: Introduction with chosen

 

Change Theory

 

Slide 3: SWOT Analysis

 

Identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats associated with implementing or failing to implement the proposed plan.

 

Slides 4-14: Action Plan

 

Discuss the details of the implementation plan. Demonstrate the application of theory to the specific decisions and recommendations.

 

• Change theory model

 

• Steps and processes

 

• Communication plan

 

• Leadership styles

 

• Management functions

 

• Budget requirements/implications

 

• Steps to assure staff compliance

 

• Evaluation

 

Slide 15: Decision-making process

 

Analyze the decision-making process used. What was effective or ineffective and what would you change in the future? (Note-Your slides should be indicative of what would be used in the presentation to the stakeholders, and the script in the Notes section should describe to the stakeholders how you arrived at decisions. Then, also in the Notes, describe in parentheses the effective and ineffective methods or situations involved in your work. You would probably not go into such details in your presentation to stakeholders!)

 

Slide 16: References

 

Throughout: Minimum of three APA references, correct APA format, spelling, and grammar