Discussion: Workplace Environment Assessment
How healthy is your workplace?
You may think your current organization operates seamlessly, or you may feel it has many issues. You may experience or even observe things that give you pause. Yet, much as you wouldn’t try to determine the health of a patient through mere observation, you should not attempt to gauge the health of your work environment based on observation and opinion. Often, there are issues you perceive as problems that others do not; similarly, issues may run much deeper than leadership recognizes.
There are many factors and measures that may impact organizational health. Among these is civility. While an organization can institute policies designed to promote such things as civility, how can it be sure these are managed effectively? In this Discussion, you will examine the use of tools in measuring workplace civility.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20 of Clark (2015).
Review and complete the Work Environment Assessment Template in the Resources.
A minimum of three current scholarly resources is needed ( 3 from the school material, and 2 from outside)
Use subheadings to clarify the points being discussed.
Use APA Format 7th edition Review the Resources and look at the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory on page 20 of Clark (2015).
Check out the Work Environment Assessment Template in Resources and fill it out.
At least three current academic sources are needed ( 3 from the school material, and 2 from outside)
Use subheadings to make it clear what is being talked about.
Use the 7th edition of APA style.
Post a short summary of what your Work Environment Assessment found. Taking the results into account, how polite is your workplace? Explain why or why not your workplace is civil. Then, tell me about a time when you had to deal with rudeness at work. How was this dealt with? Give examples and be specific.
Post a brief description of the results of your Work Environment Assessment. Based on the results, how civil is your workplace? Explain why your workplace is or is not civil. Then, describe a situation where you have experienced incivility in the workplace. How was this addressed? Be specific and provide examples.
Learning Resources
REQUIRED READINGS
Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 5, “Collaborative Leadership Contexts: It Is All About Working Together (pp. 155–178)
Chapter 8, “Creating and Shaping the Organizational Environment and Culture to Support Practice Excellence” (pp. 237–272)
Chapter 7, “Building Cohesive and Effective Teams” (pp. 212–231)
Select at least ONE of the following:
Clark, C. M., Olender, L., Cardoni, C., Kenski, D. (2011). Fostering civility in nursing education and practice. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(7/8), 324–330.
Clark, C. M. (2018). Combining cognitive rehearsal, simulation, and evidence-based scripting to address incivility. Nurse Educator.
Clark, C. M. (2015). Conversations to inspire and promote a more civil workplace. American Nurse Today, 10(11), 18–23. Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/wp-content/uplo…
Griffin, M., & Clark, C. M. (2014). Revisiting cognitive rehearsal as an intervention against incivility and lateral violence in nursing: 10 years later. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(12), 535–542.
Document: Work Environment Assessment Template (Word document)
REQUIRED MEDIA
TEDx. (2017, April). Jody Hoffer Gittell: The power of a simple idea [Video file]. Retrieved from
Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2009a). Working with Groups and Teams [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Work Environment Assessment Template
Use this document to complete the Module 4 Workplace Environment Assessment.
Summary of Results – Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory
Identify two things that surprised you about the results. Also identify one idea that you believed prior to conducting the Assessment that was confirmed.
What do the results of the Assessment suggest about the health and civility of your workplace?
Briefly describe the theory or concept presented in the article(s) you selected.
Explain how the theory or concept presented in the article(s) relates to the results of your Work Environment Assessment.
Explain how your organization could apply the theory highlighted in your selected article(s) to improve organizational health and/or create stronger work teams. Be specific and provide examples.
General Notes/Comments
