Clinical Governance Organizational Learning

The concept of Clinical Governance Organizational Learning has evolved to the corporate responsibility of all healthcare workers in order to ensure high quality standards, which in turn will lead into better quality of life in a very economical way. Many healthcare organisations are seeking new methods to retain knowledge and deploy more widely within the organisation, an initiative that is termed organisational learning. Both approaches emphasise cultural changes as essential underpinnings to quality improvement. However, the two approaches also differ fundamentally in their logic of action. Clinical governance is essentially ‘top-down’, and is built around formal standards, established procedures, and regular monitoring and reporting. In
contrast, organisational learning emphasises ‘bottom-up’ changes in values, beliefs and motivations in such a way that learning and change are prioritised