- Readings
Read: Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline. The arts and practice of the learning organization. New York, NY: Doubleday/Currency, as a slide presentation
or PDF .
Activities & Assignments
Attached Files:
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- Review examples of models of care delivery.
- Note the elements of a learning organization from Senge’s work. Consider the relevance of complex systems theory to the complexity of 21st century healthcaredelivery and adaptation to constant change.
- Think about your current care delivery model or environment from a systems perspective.
- Discussion–Systems Model. From a systems perspective (and considering the care delivery model you described) how would you:
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- Describe your current care delivery model or environment, (or a model/environment with which you are familiar); along with specific tenets or characteristics from a systems theory or thinking model that makes sense or best depicts the care delivery model or environment that you’ve described.(Considering the care delivery model you described in #1)
- How would you (select one):
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- Approach problem solving
- Execute change to achieve outcomes
- Support learning/development; or,
- Respond to new operational challenges
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Post this 2- to 3-page paper