Table 8 Proposed list of common organisational barriers to change (adapted from [30])
Barriers | Strategies to address barriers |
|---|---|
Cultural complacency (resistance or scepticism) | • Deliver a few quick 'measurable wins' to demonstrate why change is needed |
Lack of communication | • Develop a communication strategy targeted to identified communication barriers in the organisation |
Lack of alignment and accountability | • Institute appropriate management structures |
Passive or absent leadership | • Engage leaders in the proposed changes |
Micro-management | • Empower the team and establish vision for the organisation among team members |
Overloaded workforce | • Demonstrate the benefits of rethinking workflow to team members and of using new processes or technologies to reduce non value-added steps |
Inadequate systems and structures | • Institute appropriate systems and structures to support the initiative |
Lack of control plans to measure and sustain results | • Develop mechanisms to assess progress and maintain any positive results attained |