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Assignment Details

You are the head of the behavioral department in a hospital underperforming for the past 5 years. As head, you put some changes in place to transform the department into a high-performing one, meeting the expectations of the corporate office.

You are now evaluating your work. In your change evaluation, please respond to the following: What are Kotter''s eight steps for transforming an organization in dynamic situations? Are there any limitations or barriers to this process? Why is it necessary for organizations to be transformed, especially health care organizations? What are some of the models that comprise the rational decision-making process? How would you describe the steps in the willful choice model (WCM)?

Why should health care leaders follow the rational decision-making process in making decisions? What external environmental factors influence a strategic plan that should be made aware to the health care leader? What internal factors influence a strategic plan that should be made aware to the health care leader?

Deliverable Requirements Your change evaluation should be 5 pages in length. Be sure to cite your sources using APA properly; include your references and in-text citations. Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following: Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals. Length: 5 pages minimum Body: This begins on the page following the title page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.

Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used