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Managerial intervention to facilitate organizational change
The American Journal of Medical Technology
|July 1, 1983
Summary
Managers can overcome clinical laboratory change resistance by understanding staff concerns. Identifying individual motivations and feelings about innovations helps target interventions for smoother adoption and successful organizational change.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Psychology
- Clinical Laboratory Science
Background:
- Facilitating change in clinical laboratories presents ongoing managerial challenges.
- Staff resistance to change often stems from perceived threats to convenience, relationships, position, or economic security.
Purpose of the Study:
- To apply the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) for assessing individual concerns during organizational change.
- To provide managers with a framework for understanding and addressing staff resistance to innovation.
Main Methods:
- Examining the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) as a tool for change management.
- Analyzing individual motivations, perceptions, attitudes, and feelings towards innovations within the clinical laboratory setting.
Main Results:
- The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) offers a structured approach to understanding the stages and nature of individual concerns during change.
- Identifying specific staff concerns allows for tailored intervention strategies.
Conclusions:
- Understanding individual concerns is crucial for effective change management in clinical laboratories.
- Targeted interventions based on identified concerns can facilitate the adoption of innovations and improve overall organizational change outcomes.