Scenario: A recent staff survey has revealed areas of concern regarding workplace communication, workplace culture and a ’blaming’ patient safety culture. The leadership team meets and decides to make changes to achieve the following improvement goals; to improve communication and workplace culture and to introduce a ’no blame’ culture in relation to patient safety.

Discuss how the leadership team may apply two leadership styles to make changes to achieve these goals and evaluate how these two leadership styles may be facilitators or barriers to changes that will achieve these goals.

Introduction (10 marks)

– The introduction includes an expertly constructed thesis, and provides an exceptional, clear, comprehensive, and concise overview of all major concepts and issues to be addressed in the body of the work.

Definition of workplace culture and explanation of how a ‘no blame’ culture assists in improving patient safety. (15 marks)

– Excellent, clear, and concise definition. Excellent explanation of how a ‘no blame’ culture assists in improving patient safety. Expert substantiation from relevant, current high quality academic literature.

Description of two leadership styles (Transformational and Authentic leadership) and their characteristics. Expert substantiation from relevant, current high quality academic literature. (20 marks)

– exceptional description of two leadership styles and their characteristics. Expert substantiation from relevant, current, high quality academic literature.

Application of two leadership styles to make changes to achieve goals of improved communication and workplace culture and to introduce a ‘no blame’ culture in relation to patient safety. (20 marks)

– exceptional innovative, original, concise, and clear application of the two leadership styles to make changes to achieve the goals of improving communication, workplace culture and introducing a no blame patient safety culture.

Evaluation of the two leadership styles to make changes to achieve the goals of improved communication and workplace culture and to introduce a ‘no blame’ culture in relation to patient safety. (15 marks)

– exceptional, innovative, original, concise, and clear evaluation of the two leadership styles in improving communication, workplace culture and introducing a no blame patient safety culture.

Conclusion (10 marks)

– outstanding, clear, concise, conclusion, which includes original pertinent insights; draws upon all significant points raised in the essay and draws these together in an expert manner.