N522 Discussions Latest 2022 June (Full)

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 1 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• What competencies are needed by managers for communicating with external stakeholders?

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• Describe the different forms of intraorganizational flows of communication, providing examples of each.

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 2 Discussion

Please choose ONE of the following:

• How can different types of attributions and attribution styles encourage high or low levels of learned helplessness, aggression, and empowerment?

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• How can organizational leaders promote accurate and motivating attributions among their employees?

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 3 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Apply the contingency theories discussed in this module as they relate to your work environment to assess the appropriate style of leadership and the implications for motivation, satisfaction, and productivity.

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• Discuss the type of leadership style, transactional, transformational, visionary and servant, that occurs in your specific professional environment. List the positive and negative outcomes that exist as result of the leadership approach used.

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 4 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Discuss and provide examples of the various coping strategies available to organizations and individuals.

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• Discuss why personalities, ethnicity, and gender may affect an individual’s level of stress.

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 5 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Explain how group cohesiveness is developed and sustained. Use examples from work or your community to illustrate how this was or was not achieved.

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• Explain the concept of groupthink as it relates to the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a group's decision making. Describe an example in which you observed groupthink and how it impacted the group’s functioning.

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 6 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Describe the eight steps that Kotter argues managers need to follow for successful organizational change. Do you think any steps are more important than others?

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• Why is it important for an organization to perform a costs/benefits analysis of a proposed change?

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 7 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Using as an example a healthcare organization you are familiar with (or have researched), explain the competitive domain they have chosen, their strategies to compete, and their structure and processes. Are there mismatches? If so, what changes would you recommend?

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• Discuss why the proper communication form and method is necessary to coordinate and control organizational activities.

 

N522 Modern Organizations and Health Care

Module 8 Discussion

Please describe how the knowledge and skills that you have attained in this course will impact your nursing practice.