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Week 6 - DiscussionNo unread replies.No replies.Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Evaluating Change [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 3, 4, 5, 6]Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the Evaluating organizational change in health care: The patient-centered hospital model article, review the How to Measure and Evaluate Organization Transformation Effectiveness (Links to an external site.) webpage, and review The Ultimate Guide to Measuring Change (Links to an external site.) article.
Lakiesha Simmons is the owner of a wellness spa located in an office center. There are no other spas in the area, but a physician Fridhaus Hashim provides medical spa services to clients. Lakiesha and Fridhaus talk frequently. They both have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing about a 50% reduction in clientele. Both have loyal followers and they currently serve different clients.
Fridhaus has suggested to Lakiesha that they merge their businesses and attempt to increase their profitability by providing additional services to their two existing groups of clients. Lakiesha would like to explore this idea. She has asked for your help in determining whether she should make this change, and, if she does, how she should evaluate the effectiveness of the change. In an initial post of at least 350 words and citing at least two required scholarly sources,
Prepare a letter to Lakiesha. In the letter,
Describe the qualitative and quantitative data she will need to make this decision.Make sure you minimally include the financial data that should be considered.Prepare a list of questions Lakiesha should ask Fridhaus to help her decide whether to become her business partner.Recommend the specific change management decision-making measures Lakiesha should use to support her decision.Assume Lakiesha has decided to partner with Fridhaus. Recommend two change management evaluation methods she could use to determine the effectiveness of the change once it occurs, preferentially recommending one over the other.You may use the UAGC Writing Center resources, APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List, (Links to an external site.) to assist you in this discussion forum.
Guided Response: Answer any questions your instructor has about your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts. Each of your responses to your classmates should be at least 100 words in length. In your response address differences in your recommendations, offering further suggestions or ideas on why you believe your chosen method would be more appropriate.
You are encouraged to post your required replies early in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion forum. Respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.
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