Organizational Development and Change in Health Services Organizations

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: ADSS 8005. Organizations in the health service sector use organizational development strategies and interventions to enhance organizational performance. This course provides an opportunity to gain a more advanced appreciation of organizational development and change in the context of an integrated and complex environment that places new demands on accountability and innovative practice in health services organizations. Through lectures, case discussions, oral prese ntations and Web interactions the student develops the skills to design and facilitate strategic organizational development interventions in the health services sector. At the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to apply knowledge of organizational development theory and practice in the appraisal of organizational changes or transformations, and their impact on the performance in the health system.