Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Change Planning Tools and Strategy Formulation

HSC705 · Leading Change in Health and Social Care — Week 6 of 16

CourseHSC705
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Change Planning Tools and Strategy Formulation

  1. Force field analysis
  2. Lean Six Sigma and process re-engineering
  3. Work breakdown structures and resource allocation
  4. Critical path method and milestone scheduling
  5. Lewin's Force Field Analysis
  6. Lec 46-Six Sigma
  7. Business Strategy: Resource Allocation

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Assess and select relevant tools and techniques to implement and manage change.
  • 4.2 Develop a plan to implement a change in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess and select relevant tools and techniques to implement and manage change.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lewin's Force Field Analysis · YouTube · Galton College · 19 min · for registered students
  • Business Strategy: Resource Allocation · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students
  • Lean Six Sigma unwrapped · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 51 min · for registered students
  • Leadership Theory: Lewin's Force Field Analysis · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students
  • What is Six Sigma | Six Sigma Methodologies Explained · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 10 min · for registered students
  • Scheduling in Operations Management - Strategies for Scheduling Products and Services · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leading Large Scale Change: a practical guide (NHS England, 2018) · PDF · Other, guidance; 123 pages · for registered students
  • MIT OCW ESD.36 System Project Management (Fall 2012), Critical path method · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (IAP 2012), Lean thinking part I · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 5Week 7
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Governance, Standards and Regulatory Accountability
  • Week 2: Measuring and Evaluating Healthcare Quality
  • Week 3: Quality Management Systems and Implementation Barriers
  • Week 4: Drivers of Sectoral Change and Strategic Need
  • Week 5: Theoretical Models of Change Management
  • Week 6: Change Planning Tools and Strategy Formulation
  • Week 7: Risk Governance and Change Monitoring Frameworks
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Stakeholder Analysis and Resistance Management
  • Week 10: Evaluating Quality Systems, Policies and Governance
  • Week 11: Continuous Quality Improvement and Service Transformation
  • Week 12: Applying Leading Change in Health and Social Care in practi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll