HCS 325 Week 2

Individual Assignment: Effective Communication Paper

Few healthcare workplaces today can be considered true boundaryless organizations. Workplace trends within and outside healthcare are requiring employees to connect with an ever-widening array of co-workers, consultants, off-site employees, and other resources. Whatever form a boundaryless organization takes, sharing knowledge is critical to the organizations success.

Prepare a 700+ paper in which you consider ways in which your organization currently shares knowledge and/or involves employees in formulating solutions to problems.

What techniques have been most effective for sharing information and ideas?

What techniques were ineffective?

How might these techniques be applied or modified in a healthcare work environment?

How can technology impact this process as well?

Use a minimum of 3 references to support your paper.

Discussion Questions

Which type of organizational structure in health care is more effective and why?

What is the difference between informal and formal communication? What impact does it have on change?