As a professional nurse leading a planned change process, you will likely experience conflict and stress as you encounter barriers. The change leaders response is critically important to the productive resolution of the stressful issue. Leaders must be cognizant of maintaining a comprehensive vision of the project and a sense of life balance as they assess effective strategies to manage conflict and stress.
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
Analyze selected strategies to decrease conflict and stress.
Identify preferred approaches in effective conflict management.
Resources
Textbook: Fundamentals of Project Management –Author:Joseph Heagney
Textbook: Leading and Managing in Nursing–Author: Paticia S. Yoder-Wise
Background Information
Constructive response to conflict and the implementation of effective strategies to counter conflict and stress are leadership skills that are refined with experience.
****If you have not encountered conflict or stress while leading your project team, consider the following case study:****
****Dear Writer, please use the Case Study Below for writing paper.****
Your direct supervisor designated you as a project manager, with a team of four, to implement a change in practice related to recently published evidence-based research. The team is split into two camps. The last team meeting was a disaster, with two team members sitting on one side of the table and the other two members on the other side. The tension in the air was palpable. You ended the meeting after only 30 minutes because nothing was being accomplished. You schedule another meeting for next week.
Instructions: Post is at least FOUR PARAGRAPHS WITH A MINIMUM OF FOUR SENTENCES EACH PARAGRAPH.
Review Chapter 8 and 19 in your textbook, Leading and Managing in Nursing.
Read Chapters 13, 14, and 16 in your textbook, Fundamentals of Project Management.
(a.) Identify the primary members of your capstone project team using initials and job titles.
(b.) Based upon Heagneys definition of team stages in Chapter 13, at what stage is your team functioning? Validate your answer with examples.
(c.)If your team is not at the performing stage, what can you do to help the team reach the performing stage? If your team is at the performing stage, what can you do to facilitate the team staying at the performing stage?
(d.) Briefly, describe a conflict or stress you and/or your team have experienced during your capstone project?
****If you have not experienced this conflict, base your responses to the following questions on how you would react to the conflict in the case study included in the Background Information.
(I.) How well did you deal with the conflict?
(II.)Was your approach positive or negative?
(III.)Considering the five approaches to conflict Heagney discusses in Chapter 14, what would be the most appropriate approach to handle this type of conflict?
(IV.)How would you handle this method?
Cite and reference a minimum of ***one source*** for your initial posting.
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