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¶ … Diffusion of Innovation
The change process that takes place within a system is not so different from the change process that takes place within a patient or client on a behavioral level. There are fundamental variables that are needed for change in both individuals and systems (Anderson & Anderson, 2001). While those variables are different from one another, the way in which they work and what they offer to the individual or system as the change occurs are not that different (Anderson & Anderson, 2001). Consider the idea that a person must change one small piece at a time. This is why things like New Years' resolutions rarely work. A person promises to, essentially, get up the next day and be someone different. However, people do not work that way, in the vast majority of cases. While some people are able to make large changes overnight, most people need time (Marshak, 2005). They can make a small change, which will eventually stick with them. Then, they can make another small change. Over time, they really can become someone different, but it certainly does not take place overnight. It is a process, not a fixed point in time. Some of that is done so that the system can continue being used while it is being upgraded, and some of it occurs due to cost, time, or other factors (Marshak, 2005). It may simply not be feasible to change an entire system all at once, even if the changes to the system would be a much better choice than what is currently being seen. In that way, systems work very much like human beings, with the major difference being that a person generally goes through internal changes, while a system's changes are much more external. Changes to a system may also affect a large number of people, while changes to an individual have the potential to affect only that individual, but could also affect others around that person (Marshak, 2005). That will depend on the particular change that has taken place.
There are, however, elements that are unique to systems. Fundamental variables are necessary for change to occur, whether within a person or within a system, but not every variable that would work for a person would work for a system (Anderson & Anderson,…
References
Anderson, D. & Anderson, L.A. (2001). Beyond change management: Advanced strategies for today's transformational leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer
Marshak, R.J. (2005). Contemporary challenges to the philosophy and practice of organization development. In Bradford, D.L. & Burke, W.W. Reinventing organization development: New approaches to change in organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer
Potentially, this changes the way profit is used to build a larger network of computer users who now wish to harness the power of technology to develop a new world. Chapter: 9 Socioeconmics Berlin Wall Falls/Soviet Union Collapses Citation: Koeller, D. (2003), Fall of the Berlin Wall. WebChron. URL: http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/world/berlinwallfall.rev.html Tags: Political innovation, political/social upheaval, modernism in Europe Summation: By the end of 1989, the Soviet-backed regimes of Eastern Europe no longer existed and the
Diffusion of Innovation theory consists of explaining not only the spread of new objects but also new ideas. According to Bell (1968), innovation of diffusion is considered as the key locomotive of change in society. In this sense diffusion of innovation is analyzed both with the notion of technology as tools and the notion of technology as organized knowledge. Diffusion theory has been studied from number of diverse perspectives as
Moreover, CoPs develop their practice through improving the diffusion of innovation within their active networks; the benefits of such interactions are countless especially in the field of healthcare. One can assume that specialty doctors' communities would present the perfect example for CoPs because they share the same practice, interest and professionalism. It would be interesting to study if those CoP networks exist in United Arab Emirates, whether they are active
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). Within the context of healthcare diffusion, the authors posit that the drivers for healthcare technological diffusion really flow more from a relative advantage. For example, x-rays were discovered in 1895 and within a year or two, the negative effects studied. Within a few years, x-ray technology diffused into the medical world until now, it is something that everyone expects, and technology somewhat keeps up with the system (x-ray direct