Burge Hughes Walsh Partnership Analysis

The Burge Hughes Walsh Partnership (BHW) (n.d.) is an established consultancy and training provider that provide experienced change management programs, which incorporate elements of people, processes and systems. BHW similar to our course material readings which focuses on the relationships within a system, with these relationships having a chain of command structure that ensures work is completed. Furthermore, individual leaders or managers within this chain of command ensure that the workload is completed by the individual employee members assigned to complete the task. However, as Stewart (2102) pointed out people are not machines and with this understanding, systems leadership according to Stewart (2012) is essentially about how to create, improve and sustain a successful organization.
In the age of health care reform and with the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR), health care providers in compliance with these mandates have taken on an increased cost burden. Along with this cost burden,
A better utilization of the nursing staff as formally designated leaders should have been the first and foremost undertaking. In doing so, the department staff would have one central person to provide answers and direction, with one person to follow through on answers for the department if needed. This smaller span of control as discussed by Marquis (2014) takes into consideration the nature of the job, the managers’ ability, the employees’ maturity, the task complexity and the level at which the work occurred. Similar to the recommendations of Marquis, the Burge Hughes Walsh Partnership (n.d.) provides clear leadership and a goal focused approach that results in improved interpersonal relationships, which in turn results in improved