Factors Influencing Behaviour Change in Poole Hospital: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Case study Overview...................................................................................................................1
Factors that brought behaviour change within employee working in Poole Hospital.................2
Social Cognitive Theory and its factors.......................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Social cognitive theory or model can be defied as a kind of theory that describes
influence of an individual’s experience actions of others, environmental factors on individual’s
health and behaviour (Schunk and DiBenedetto, 2020). This theory helps in understanding that
there are various kinds of factors that can bring behavioural changes within an individual through
different factors such as expectation, efficiency, environmental factors and many more.
Whenever any kind of change within an organization take place, it directly impacts their
employees’ expectations, their performance as well as some times their motivational level
because of which both positive and negative behaviour changes can occur (Riley and et. al.,
2016). This essay will emphasis upon Albert Bandura social learning theory that focuses upon
individual behaviour changes including: expectations, self-efficacy, behavioural capacity, self-
control and many more. This essay will also focus upon case study of Royal Bournemouth and
Poole hospital using aspects of personal, environmental, behavioural factors from Bandura’s
Social Cognitive theory.
MAIN BODY
Case study Overview
Case study chosen for this essay is about Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospital. Clinical
Commissioning Group has decided to down grade Accident and emergency department in Poole
hospital and has decided to make Royal Bournemouth Hospital an emergency hospital as per
their clinical service review. This decision of clinical commissioning group has paved way for
Royal Bournemouth Hospital and has asked Poole Hospital authorities to bring changes that
blocks them from submitting mergers. In fact, Royal Bournemouth Hospital is seen as a
preferred site for emergency hospital if capital cost of both Royal Bournemouth Hospital and
Poole Hospital is compared because capital cosy of Bournemouth is much less as compared to
Poole Hospital. So, as a part of reorganization 16 beds in Poole hospital were closed at Poole
hospital. Another factor because of which Accident and emergency department at Poole Hospital
is closing is because waiting hours for patients in A&E department for patients is much more as
compared to their average waiting time. Other than this, employee turnover rate of Poole hospital
was quite high because of trust of this hospital only focused upon tightening their budget and did
not focused upon wellbeing of patients and focused upon minimizing staffing on chronic basis.
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