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Week 5: Organizational Culture and Climate: Assessment and Analysis
Assignment Guidelines with Scoring Rubric
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to explore the culture and climate of the healthcare organization and its impact on providing a healthy, safe, and person-centered care and work environment. (CO 1,3,6)
Requirements
Description of the Assignment
This assignment provides an opportunity for the student to
· Assess organizational culture and climate within a healthcare organization known to the student
· Analyze the organizational culture and climate for its strengths and opportunities for improvement
· Determine the organization’s capacity to provide a healthy, safe, person-centered environment for staff and patients based on its culture and climate
· Reflect on the “fit” of personal leadership profile with the organization’s culture and climate
Preparing the Assignment
Requirements:
1. Address all components of the Organizational Culture and Climate Assessment and Analysis Paper as outlined under
“Assignment Directions and Criteria”.
2. The paper is graded on quality and completeness of information, depth of thought, organization following the outline provided, substantive narrative, use of citations, use of standard English, and writing conventions.
3. Format:
a. APA format, using most current edition, is required for citations and references in this assignment
i. Required elements
1. Title page, reference page
2.
Page numbers, doubles-spaced, times new roman, 12pt font, 1” margins, level 1 headings
3.
Paper length: 6 pages maximum, best 5 pages, excluding reference page, title page, and assessment tool
ii.
Scholarly sources: Minimum of four (4) scholarly resources no older than 5 years
iii. Proof-reading
1. Use spell check and grammar check and correct all errors
2. Compare final draft to detailed outline directions to ensure all required elements included
DIRECTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
This assignment has two steps and requires that you do an actual assessment and analysis of the healthcare organization within which you work.
Step 1: The Assessment Tool – this part is done please check another attachment paper !
Complete the Organizational Culture and Climate Assessment Tool. The tool is your data collection tool, or “notes-taking” pages you will need to complete before doing the analysis. You may already know some of the information, but some may require communication with key people in the organization, for example, human resources, financial officers, or nurse executives. Submitting the completed tool with your final paper submission is required. It is not included in your page count. You receive credit for completing and submitting it the items in the following outline.
Step 2: The Analysis
Analyze the findings from your assessment following the outline below. (See the rubric for specific criteria within each section) Support your analysis and conclusions with specific evidence from your assessment and scholarly sources. The paper will contain the following components with headings as required. (Remember, no heading is used for the introduction section)
Write on the basis of Sentara Obici Hospital at Suffolk Virginia
I.
Introduction
a.
Stated purpose
b.
Definition of organizational culture vs climate
c.
Broad overview of components of the paper
II.
Organizational culture and climate analysis
a.
Summary of assessment findings
b.
Mission, vision, and goals reflected in culture and climate – please find the attach link to know more about organization
c.
Strengths and Opportunities for Improvement
d.
Climate reflective of culture
III.
Healthy, safe, person-centered care environment capacity
a.
Describe the organizational culture’s capacity to support
b.
What would a visiting potential staff recruit experience about the institution’s culture that would attract them to work there?
c.
Nurse leader’s role in setting the organizational culture and climate to promote a healthy work environment?
IV.
Implications
a.
Two strategies to address the opportunities for improvement
b.
Alignment of Personal Leadership Profile and Organizational Culture and Climate
V.
Conclusion
a.
Broadly address the what has been accomplished in the paper
b.
Benefits of the completing the assignment
Category | Points | % | Description |
Introduction | 10 | 10% | Purpose stated, organizational culture and climate defined; broad overview of components of paper |
Organizational Culture and Climate Assessment Tool | 15 | 15% | All elements addressed; document included with final paper submission |
Analysis: Element 1 Organizational Culture and Climate Description | 20 | 20 | Organizational culture at the institution described using general categories from assessment and include: Physical environment; social environment; professional and personal support; organizational power structures; environmental safety; organizational communication; organizational taboos |
Analysis: Element 2 Mission, vision, and goals | 20 | 20 | Organizational Mission, vision, goals specifically align to reflect categories of organizational culture and include Physical environment; social environment; professional and personal support; organizational power structures; environmental safety; organizational communication; organizational taboos |
Analysis: Element 3 Strengths and Opportunities for improvement | 20 | Minimum of three strengths of organizational culture described; Minimum of two major opportunities for improvement described | |
Analysis: Element 4 Climate reflective of culture | 20 | Description of organizational climate including at least two ways in which it specifically reflects the organizational culture | |
Healthy, safe, person-centered care capacity | 15 | Organization culture and climate capacity to support healthy, safe, person-centered healthcare work environment; Capacity for attracting staff; Impact on nurse recruitment; Nurse leader role in setting culture and climate | |
Implications | 10 | Strategies to address the identified opportunities for improvement Personal Leadership Profile and Organizational Culture and Climate Alignment | |
Conclusion | 10 | Broadly address the what has been accomplished in the paper Benefits of the completing the assignment | |
Writing conventions, format, and reference citations | 10 | Writing is clear concise without grammatical and spelling errors. All references are correctly cited (if applicable) and written. | |
| A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
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