NURS6053 Interprofessional Organizational and Systems Leadership Week 7 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.
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Week 7 Discussion of NURS6053 Interprofessional Organizational and Systems Leadership
Assessment of the Workplace Environment
What is the state of your workplace’s health?
You may believe your existing company runs smoothly, or you may believe it has many problems. You may encounter or maybe see events that cause you to halt. However, just as you would not attempt to diagnose a patient’s health based just on observation, you should not attempt to assess the health of your workplace based solely on observation and opinion. Frequently, you view concerns as problems that others do not; similarly, issues may be much deeper than leadership understands.
There are numerous aspects and indicators that can have an impact on organizational health. Civility is one of these. While an organization might implement rules to support things like
