Change Management for Successful Implementation

Abstract

The rate of change in virtually all organizations is escalating, and health care organizations after a slow start are no exception. However, this change is often not so exciting when you are on the receiving end. In fact, these changes may be downright threatening to many. Therefore, the phrase change management has become fairly common, appearing in management articles everywhere. Review the job ads in the Wall Street Journal or the Sunday edition of a major newspaper and notice the positions available for people skilled in change management.

Its exciting to think about a new vision particularly when you’re the creator/driver of it. You see the need clearly. You feel the urgency in your stomach. You’re motivated to change. You see the fire with your own eyes. Your smell the smoke in your own nostrils. The tent is on fire. You have to change. Why are others in the organization so lackadaisical? Don’t they smell the smoke? Don’t they see the fire? Don’t they feel the urgency to change?¹