Question

The recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed the world as we know it. Many new challenges are faced. The outbreak is moving quickly, and most countries are trying to respond quickly to contain the impact. However, the spread of the virus may continue throughout the upcoming years and impact the operations of many industries for years to come. Accordingly, change has become an urgent need and no longer considered as a luxury or a choice.

Taking the health sector as an example, provide:

  
A report of about 2000 words that evaluates change and resistance to change. Your evaluation as a change agent should focus on the following:

⦁ Background of the health sector you have chosen being it a hospital, a lab, a pharmaceutical company, etc. that needs to consider change as part of covid-19 pandemic .

⦁ Explain the environmental pressures for change (fashion, demography, external mandate, etc.) and critically analyse the health sector you have chosen in this context and what were the main drivers towards change .

⦁ Explain how change can take place and what challenges can a change manager face and how s/he should deal with them. Reflect in your answer on the health sector you have chosen by analysing the nature of changes that took place and challenges faced and how it was dealt with .

⦁ Explain resistance to change and how such resistance can be managed. Analyse the case you have chosen from this perspective by reflecting on the most appropriate approach to manage resistance to change in the health sector you have chosen .

Answer 1

Sol:

Pharmaceutical sector

• Pharmaceutical sector discovers the development, production and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs use for medical purpose to patients with the aim to cure the patients and vaccinate them or alleviate the symptom. Pharmaceutical industry may deal in generic/brand medication and medical devices. They are many subjects to a variety of law and regulations that govern the patenting, testing and marketing of drug.
• The availability of medical equipment to support patients affected by corona virus is globally limited.
• Countries are preparing for the possibility of public health emergencies related to covid-19 as the World Health Organization warned a shortage of medical equipments is hampering the response to the outbreak of covid-19.
• COVID-19 changed our world. Hospitals and health systems canceling non emergent surgery and other services. At the same time some of the hospitals and health systems it accounts for up to 75% of their revenues is must to cover the costs of employees salary and the operation facilities and technology necessary to ensure they are always there ready to care patients. Physicians and other health professionals are facing similar challenges because of Covid-19. This has never happened in history and also the financial strain created has put enormous pressure on hospitals.
• corona virus has infected more than 3,46,66,560 people and killed 10,29,394 all over the world. It was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in december 2019. It has now spread to all over the world.
• The WHO has shipped more than million sets of personal protective equipment to many countries but supplies are depleting. WHO has said it is working with government, manufacturer and pandemic Supply Chain Network to increase production and secure supply for at risk countries.
• It is predicted globally medical equipment supplies will need to be increased by 50% to meet the demand.
• Shortage of medical equipment is a major problem that facing in all over the world. Increasing the production of medical equipment will help to decreases of deaths.