As you strive to grow in your leadership skills and abilities, you will find that the context in which you work influences your motivation and areas of focus. In a similar vein, your commitment to developing professionally can contribute toward organizational effectiveness. To that end, it is critical to recognize the importance of organizational culture and climate. In particular, through this weeks Learning Resources, you may consider several questions: How do an organizations mission, vision, and values relate to its culture? For this Discussion, you explore the culture and climate of your current organization or one with which you are familiar. You also consider decisions and day-to-day practices and the way they relate to the organizations mission, vision, and values. To prepare: Review the information related to planning and decision making in health care organizations presented in the textbook, Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application. Consider how planning and decision making relate to an organizations mission, vision, and values, as well as its culture and its climate. Familiarize yourself with the mission, vision, and values of your organization or one with which you are familiar. Consider how the statements and actions of leaders and others within the organization support or demonstrate the organizational mission, vision, and values. In addition, note any apparent discrepancies between word and deed. Think about how this translates into expectations for direct service providers. Note any data or artifacts that seem to indicate whether behaviors within the organization are congruent with its mission, vision, and values. Begin to examine and reflect on the culture and climate of the organization. How do culture and climate differ? Why is it important for you, as a masters-prepared nurse leader, to be cognizant of these matters? By Day 3 Post a description of your selected organizations mission, vision, and values. Describe relevant data, or artifacts, words, and actions of leaders and others in the organization that support, or perhaps appear to contradict the organizations mission, vision, and values statement. In addition, discuss the organizations culture and its climate, differentiating between the two. Explain why examining these matters is significant to your role as a nurse leader. RESOURCES: Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Chapter 1, “Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for Successful Leadership and Management. Chapter 7, Organizational Planning This chapter introduces planning and highlights some of the trends that are likely to impact health care organizations now and in the future. It also addresses vision and mission statements, which are essential for guiding planning and decision making in health care settings. Chapter 12, Organizational Structure This chapter addresses organizational culture. Week #1 Discussion. ( PLEASE FOLLOW RUBRIC BELOW) For your discussion participation during this first week, please make sure that when you submit your main post you address all 4 key points of the discussion question. The discussion question for this week asks you to: (1). Provide a description of your selected organizations mission, vision, and values. (2). Describe how these are evidencedor perhaps appear to be contradictedin the words and actions of leaders and others in the organization, noting relevant data or artifacts. (3). In addition, discuss the organizations culture and its climate, differentiating between the two. (4). And explain why examining these matters is significant to your role as a nurse leader. Please use a heading for each major part of your main/initial post. For example your headers for the above post could be Description of Organization”, “Relevance of Mission, Vision, and Values”, “Organizational Culture and Climate”, Significance of my Role as a Leader”. Please follow APA format for your headings and references. Your headings should be Bold and centered. And your references and citations should follow APA.
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