The Organizational Internal Environment as an Effective Factor for

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AbstractBackground and AimThe internal environment of any organization is an effective factor on change management. Thereare many effective factors which should be determined and utilized for change management in anyorganization including nursing and midwifery schools. So, this study aimed to exploreorganizational internal environment of nursing and midwifery schools and it's effect on changemanagement.Materials and methodsThis study was the qualitative part of a mixed exploratory study. The participants were recruited bypurposeful sampling method from the managers of Tehran schools of nursing and midwifery. Datawere gathered by semi-structured interviews andconventional content analysis was used for dataanalysis.FindingsTotally, 171 conceptual codes were extracted which were categorized in 3 themes includingchanging process, internal organizational environment and external organizational environment.Internal organizational environment had 10 subcategories in 3 main categories includingmanagerial-, organizational- and individual-factorsConclusion:The concept of change management is a complicate procedure which is influenced bymanagerial-, organizational- and individual-factors. Faculty members, manager's duties, education,attitude and other factors should be considered for change management in schools of nursing andmidwifery.Keywords:Change management, Change, Nursing school.*Corresponding Author: Alice Khachian, Ph.D student of nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesE-mail : dr.houmanmanoochehri@gmail.com-Sange P (2007). A Fifth Discipline Resource: Dance of Change. Translated by Akbari H Soltani M. Tehran. AryanaIndustrial & Research Group. (Persian)-Andrew J Cameron H Harris M (2008). All Change? Managers’ experience of organizational change in theory andpractice. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 21 (3) 300-314.-Bianco A Schermerhorn J J(2006). Self-regulation, strategic leadership and paradox in organizational change. Journalof Organizational Change Management. 19(4)457-470.-Boswell C Cannon SH (2007). Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice. 2nd edition.Boston, Jones and Bartlett Publisher.-Gatto RP (2000). The Smart Manager's F.A.Q. guide: A Survival Handbook for Today's Workplace. San Francisco,Jossey- Bass.-Hsieh H Shannon SE (2005). Three approaches to qualitative content analysis. Qualitative Health Research. 15(9)1277-88.-Johansson C, Heide M (2008). Speaking of Change: Three Communication Approaches in Studies of OrganizationalChange. Corporate Communications: An International Journal. 13(3) 288-305.-Kordrostami M Aghakhani E (2006) [Change Management and Organizational Development]. Tehran, Darsi booksPublication. (Persian).-LoBiondo–Wood G, Haber J (2002) Nursing Research: Methods, Critical Appraisal and Utilization.6th Edition. USA,Mosby.-McCormick D (2007) Dramaturgical analysis of Organizational Change and Conflict. Journal of OrganizationalChange Management. 20(5)685-699.-David R (2009). [Strategic Management]. Translated by parsayan A, Aarabi M. Iran cultural Studies (Persian).-Reed J Vakola M (2006). What role can a training needs analysis play in organizational change. Journal ofOrganizational Change Management. 19 (3) 393-407.- Sadeghi D (2011). Alignment of organizational change strategies and its relationship with increasing organizations'performance. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 20,1099-1107.-Saka A (2003). Internal Change Agents' View of the Management of Change Problem. Journal of OrganizationalChange Management. 16 (5) 480-496.-Salsali M Parvizi S Adib Hajbagheri M(2004). [Qualitative Research Methods]; 1st edition, Tehran BoshraPublications. (Persian).-Streubert Speziale HJ, Carpenter Rinaldi D(2007). Qualitative Research in Nursing, Advancing the HumanisticImperative. 4th edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Williams &Wilkins.-Van Dijk R Van Dick R (2009).Navigating Organizational Change: Change Leaders, Employee Resistance and Work-Based Identities. Journal of Change Management. 9(2)143-63.