Annotated Bibliography for Change Management in Healthcare Research

This annotated bibliography, created by a student, focuses on change management in healthcare. It includes APA citations and annotations for three sources deemed relevant to a research paper, demonstrating a methodology for organizing research sources. The annotations summarize each source, explain its relevance and significance, and follow APA style guidelines. The bibliography covers key aspects such as challenges in healthcare settings, strategies for managing changes, organizational approaches, and the importance of employee involvement and satisfaction. The sources address topics like change management processes, the impact of various forces on healthcare, and the need for innovative ideas and strategies in the healthcare environment. The document also highlights the importance of performance evaluation and reward techniques to enhance employee competitiveness and satisfaction.

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Change Management in Health Care
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Shanks, N. H. (Ed.). (2016). Introduction to health care management. Jones & Bartlett
Publishers.
The piece by Shanks draws on major challenges that the current healthcare settings go
through in line with the management of changes. It notes the fact that quite a number of
changes have been put forth in the health sector but only a handful have been sustained.
Bearing that, change management is defined as the process and technique used to manage
changes in a program or an organization with the aim of achieving the wished-for
outcome. As a process, it incorporates organizational tools that can be put to use to help
persons make transitions deemed successful resulting from the adoption of changes.
Tummers, L., Kruyen, P. M., Vijverberg, D. M., & Voesenek, T. J. (2015). Connecting
HRM and change management: the importance of proactivity and vitality. Journal
of Organizational Change Management, 28(4), 627-640.
According to Tummers and his colleagues, healthcare management as a process entails
managing and taking a proper look into one or a couple of elements within the healthcare
system. Further, the piece goes forth to shed light on the fact that currently, the healthcare
environment is somewhat complex due to the many forces that call for extraordinary
changes. The aforementioned forces consist of changing demographics, competitiveness,
governmental pressure, and increased client expectation just to mention a few. Therefore,
the piece challenges the healthcare setting to increase change efforts by making sure that
they thoroughly align with key changes and fresh actions so that new results and values
can be realized.

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Verhulst, E., & Lambrechts, W. (2015). Fostering the incorporation of sustainable
development in higher education. Lessons learned from a change management
perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 106, 189-204.
Bearing change management in mind, the piece by Verhulst and his counterparts offers
approaches that could help in making organizational changes. Precisely, it gives a
description of six outlined approaches. Firstly, it sheds light on education and
communication line of action which involves beforehand conveyance of information to
workers so that they can be actively involved in change processes and in the prevention
of information misinterpretation. The second line of action is participation and
involvement. This approach entails almost entirely involving employees in change
undertakings step by step with the overall intention of reducing resistance. The third is
facilitation and support which calls for supporting employees when they are faced with
challenges when changes are implemented. Negotiation is the fourth line of action which
is centered on motivating employees that are negatively affected by a given change or
those who happen to lose their jobs. In finality, the two other lines of actions are
manipulation and co-optation. These last two are the go-to approaches when the other
four somewhat fail to work.
Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., & Glaser, J. P. (2017). Health care information systems: a
practical approach for health care management. John Wiley & Sons.
Since the turn of the 21st century, the healthcare set up has been faced with a myriad of
issues. In that light, changes in the healthcare setting call for everyone’s positive reaction
to these said changes. Key is for healthcare managers accountability when it comes to
delivering top-notch quality and diversifying the work environment. Overall, various

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parties in the healthcare setting have varied roles to play and duties to perform.
Healthcare professionals are known to faced varied challenges tied to management. The
piece offers suggestions on ways these professionals can address the harsh realities in the
healthcare world. It outlines that the success of healthcare organizations lies in the hands
of the people. Further, it highlights the intensity of competition within the healthcare
setting. In that light, it calls for fresh innovative ideas and strategies and rewards to
spearhead success. Suggestively, Wager and company highlight the need for performance
evaluation and reward techniques in the healthcare setting as a means of enhancing
employee competitiveness and satisfaction.