NURS 8502 Organizational Readiness Assessment

NURS 8502 Organizational Readiness Assessment
How do you determine organizational readiness to implement change in your practice or organization? Are the individuals committed to making the change? Are they confident in the impact of the change? Are they prepared to face challenges?
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The answers to these questions, and others, may provide insight into the readiness of an organization to implement change. Understanding an organization’s readiness provides critical insight into building a team, identifying stakeholders, and ultimately moving forward with a proposed change. As a nurse leader, it will be important to determine the organizational readiness and motivating factors of individuals associated with the organization to implement change.
For this Assignment, complete the Organizational Readiness Form to assist you in determining the readiness for implementing change. Utilizing this form, you will explore the importance of organizational readiness with your team and other stakeholders.
To Prepare
Determine who is a part of the team needed to address your problem.
Ensure your problem is clearly defined and shared with your team.
The Assignment: (1–2 pages and completed Organizational Readiness Form)
NURS 8502 Organizational Readiness Assessment
Meet with teams associated with your practice problem to gather information about the problem. With the guidance of the team, answer the following questions:
What is the practice problem?
What are the real or perceived impacts of the problem?
Is the problem defined correctly?
Who are the stakeholders?
Consider the following:
Are the right people at the table?
What is their level of engagement with the problem?
Are there internal/external stakeholders?
After answering the questions, provide an assessment for organizational readiness. Additionally, complete the Organizational Readiness Form provided to you in the Learning Resources. Note: You will be submitting your responses to the prompts for this Assignment and a completed Organizational Readiness Form in the Assignment submission link for this week.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Walden Writing Center Sample Paper provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 3.
Note: You will use this input to create a compelling vision for the change in upcoming weeks.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK3Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 3 Assignment 1 Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 3 Assignment 1 link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK3Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Week 3 Assignment 1 Rubric
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Submit your Week 3 Assignment 1 draft and review the originality report.
Submit Your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 3
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Week 3 Assignment 1
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Identify the problem
Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
The response accurately and clearly identifies the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the problem identified.
Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
The response accurately identifies the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes relevant, specific, and accurate examples that support the problem identified.
Points Range: 12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely identifies the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes inaccurate and irrelevant examples that may support the problem identified.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies the problem to be addressed at the organization, or it is missing.
The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support the problem identified, or it is missing.
Identify the real or perceived impacts of the problem.
Points Range: 13 (13%) – 17 (17%)
The response accurately and clearly identifies the impacts of the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the impacts of the problem identified.
Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
The response accurately identifies the impacts of the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes relevant, specific, and accurate examples that supports the impacts of the problem identified.
Points Range: 12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely identifies the impacts of the problem to be addressed at the organization.
The response includes inaccurate and irrelevant examples that may support the impacts of the problem identified.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies the impacts of the problem to be addressed at the organization, or it is missing.
The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support the impacts of the problem identified, or it is missing.
Describe whether or not the problem is identified correctly.
Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
The response comprehensively and fully explains whether the problem is correctly identified.
The response accurately and clearly analyzes the problem identification as it relates to the organization, providing relevant, specific, and appropriate examples to support the problem identification.
Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
The response explains whether or not the problem is correctly identified.
The response analyzes the problem identification as it relates to the organization.
The response includes relevant, specific, and accurate examples that support the problem identification.
Points Range: 12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains whether or not the problem is correctly identified.
The response inaccurately or vaguely analyzes the problem identification as it relates to the organization.
The response includes inaccurate and irrelevant examples that may support the problem identification.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains whether or not the problem is correctly identified, or it is missing.
The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes the problem identification as it relates to the organization, or it is missing.
The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support the problem identification, or it is missing.
Identify the stakeholders.
Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
The response accurately and clearly identifies the stakeholders associated with the problem.
The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples of the identified stakeholders.
Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
The response accurately identifies the stakeholders associated with the problem.
The response includes relevant, specific, and accurate examples that support the identified stakeholders.
Points Range: 12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely identifies the stakeholders associated with the problem.
The response includes inaccurate and irrelevant examples that may support the identified stakeholders.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies the stakeholders associated with the problem, or it is missing.
The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support the identified stakeholders, or it is missing.
Complete the Organizational Readiness Form.
Points Range: 17 (17%) – 17 (17%)
A completed Organizational Readiness Form is submitted.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
An incomplete Organizational Readiness Form is submitted, or it is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:
Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time.
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time. No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided. Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors. Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (? 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding. Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct APA format with no errors. Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors. Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors. Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (? 5) APA format errors. Total Points: 100 Name: NURS_8502_Week3_Assignment1_Rubric