Processes of change in bureaucratic environments

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Crookes, P., Walsh, Kenneth and Outram, Steve. (2016). Processes of change in bureaucratic environments. In Transitions in Nursing: Preparing for Professional Practice pp. 89-106 Elsevier Australia.
AuthorsCrookes, P., Walsh, Kenneth and Outram, Steve
Abstract

This chapter discusses underpinning values and systems of power operating within bureaucratic healthcare environments and the impact this has on health professionals. It also outlines some of the recent positive movements supporting innovation and change in the healthcare sector.

Change can be likened to a fast-flowing river: it continues remorselessly and it is very easy to get caught up in its currents. Once you are within a context where change is happening all around you, it becomes difficult to do anything other than work extremely hard to keep your head above water. This is the situation new graduate nurses may experience when they take up their first position in healthcare. However, it is not a situation that is peculiar either to nursing or to relatively inexperienced people.

Keywordstransformational leadership; transactional leadership; planned optimism; self-empowerment; change management
Page range89-106
Year01 Jan 2016
Book titleTransitions in Nursing: Preparing for Professional Practice
PublisherElsevier Australia
Place of publicationAustralia
Edition5th
ISBN9780729540827
Web address (URL)https://www.clinicalkey.com/student/nursing/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780729543040000070
Open accessPublished as non-open access
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Output statusPublished
Publication dates
PrintJan 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited17 Jan 2024
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