Running head: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 6 Appreciative Inquiry Kristine Ruche Leadership and Management for Nurse Executives Capella University April, 2020 Appreciative Inquiry In the highly unpredictable global business environment, it is quite tempting to approach strategic decision making with a specific goal already in mind. In most cases, these strategies are aimed at mitigating the problems as they are problem-focused. Organizations typically focus on areas that are not working as intended while adopting a root cause mindset only to find themselves faced with a set of different, but related questions down the line. An appreciative inquiry model is one of the critical positive enterprise approaches to development and collective learning (Ruhe, Bobiak, Litaker, Carter, Wu, Schroeder, Zyzanski, Weyer, Werner, Fry, & Stange, 2011). An appreciative inquiry is a collaborative and strength-based approach that aims at changing the organizations and other human systems. One of the fundamental proponents behind the appreciative inquiry is that with time it has come to be increasingly adopted by organizations as to approach changes and growth from a problem-solving perspective. Form appreciative inquiry approach organizations should strongly focus on improving efficiency, surviving, and better performance and not just solving what is wrong, which is a deficit-based approach. Appreciative inquiry in health care The appreciative inquiry in the health care facility in which I work as a nurse will mainly focus on improving care services, especially to underserved women. The approach will focus on the positive and creativity as the driving forces for an improved future of healthcare services as is described and embraced for execution as an intervention for the achievement of behavioral health change at the individual levels. Guiding proponent for its application with clients is offered with an example of its use demonstrated in improving care services for the women of low economic status in improving their lifestyle. Leadership skills to promote effective healthcare Some of the qualities and skills that are useful in ensuring there is effective healthcare delivery include: great communication skills, being able to set the vision for the healthcare organization and emotional intelligence skills (Adair, 2016). The leaders should have people management skills which enables them to focus efforts of the healthcare workforce and resources towards a common goal. To make projects a success the leaders must have adequate knowledge and experience in project management such as budgetary skills and effective decision-making skills. Having effective analytical skills enable a leader to effectively analyze all possible alternatives that can make any project successful. Strategies for healthcare teams to achieve set goals Some of the strategies for ensuring that the healthcare teams are able to meet organizational goals include training ...

1. Running head: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 6
Appreciative Inquiry
Kristine Ruche
Leadership and Management for Nurse Executives
Capella University
April, 2020
Appreciative Inquiry
In the highly unpredictable global business environment, it is
quite tempting to approach strategic decision making with a
specific goal already in mind. In most cases, these strategies are
aimed at mitigating the problems as they are problem-focused.
Organizations typically focus on areas that are not working as
intended while adopting a root cause mindset only to find
themselves faced with a set of different, but related questions
down the line. An appreciative inquiry model is one of the
critical positive enterprise approaches to development and
collective learning (Ruhe, Bobiak, Litaker, Carter, Wu,
Schroeder, Zyzanski, Weyer, Werner, Fry, & Stange, 2011). An
appreciative inquiry is a collaborative and strength-based
approach that aims at changing the organizations and other
human systems. One of the fundamental proponents behind the
appreciative inquiry is that with time it has come to be
increasingly adopted by organizations as to approach changes
and growth from a problem-solving perspective. Form

2. appreciative inquiry approach organizations should strongly
focus on improving efficiency, surviving, and better
performance and not just solving what is wrong, which is a
deficit-based approach.
Appreciative inquiry in health care
The appreciative inquiry in the health care facility in which I
work as a nurse will mainly focus on improving care services,
especially to underserved women. The approach will focus on
the positive and creativity as the driving forces for an improved
future of healthcare services as is described and embraced for
execution as an intervention for the achievement of behavioral
health change at the individual levels. Guiding proponent for its
application with clients is offered with an example of its use
demonstrated in improving care services for the women of low
economic status in improving their lifestyle.
Leadership skills to promote effective healthcare
Some of the qualities and skills that are useful in ensuring there
is effective healthcare delivery include: great communication
skills, being able to set the vision for the healthcare
organization and emotional intelligence skills (Adair, 2016).
The leaders should have people management skills which
enables them to focus efforts of the healthcare workforce and
resources towards a common goal. To make projects a success
the leaders must have adequate knowledge and experience in
project management such as budgetary skills and effective
decision-making skills. Having effective analytical skills enable
a leader to effectively analyze all possible alternatives that can
make any project successful.
Strategies for healthcare teams to achieve set goals
Some of the strategies for ensuring that the healthcare teams are
able to meet organizational goals include training them, having
effective communication of the goals in an unambiguous
manner, motivating the employees such as through adequate
remuneration and developing the right organizational culture
that fosters creativity and innovation while respecting
employees diversity (Drayton, 2019). The SWOT analysis is

3. quite shallow since it does not suggest leadership skills and
means of achieving success unlike the appreciative inquiry
which majorly focuses on the means of achieving greater
competitive advantage in the organization.
Comparison of AI and SWOT
Some of the similarities between the appreciative inquiry and
the SWOT analysis is that they both have a common goal of
easing productivity, performance efficiency and profitability in
an organization. However, there are some differences between
the two; for instance, the appreciative inquiry majorly focusses
on new improvements that can be made within the organization
and not necessarily on areas of weakness. Sometimes, areas of
weakness can be seen as areas of opportunities for growth and
development, which is what SWOT analysis does in comparison.
Instead of changing something completely, there could be
opportunities for training, reeducation, getting staff feedback
and buy-in.
Appreciative inquiry in health care
The appreciative inquiry in the health care facility in which I
work as a nurse will mainly focus on improving care services,
especially to underserved women. The approach will focus on
the positive and creative as the driving forces for an improved
future of the healthcare services as is described and embraced
for execution as an intervention for the achievement of
behavioral health change at the individual levels. Guiding
proponent for its application with clients is offered with an
example of its use demonstrated in improving care services for
the black American woman of low economic status in improving
her lifestyle.
New ways to deal with well-being conduct change are required.
In general, there has been restricted viability of mediations in
delivering enduring well-being to conduct change. At best,
well-being experts have had just insignificant accomplishments
at helping people to receive and continue robust lifestyles
(50Minutes, 2015). Current well-being conduct change models
are manufactured predominately on ways of thinking that

4. propose that not utilizing specific conduct is a deficiency or an
issue to be solved. This article portrays another thoughtful way
to deal with advanced well-being conduct change dependent on
thankful request (AI), an insistence procedure of hierarchical
change that centers on the constructive and inventive as a power
for an increasingly useful future. We likewise investigate how it
may be adjusted from authoritative change to singular change in
social insurance (Moore, 2019). A case of its application is
delineated in a thoughtful restorative discussion with an African
American lady of low-financial status who is endeavoring to
build the way of life practice following a cardiovascular
occasion. The difficulties and issues related to the improvement
of AI as a well-being conduct change intercession approach are
examined.
Some of the components of this appreciative inquiry will
include a discovery which will involve the determination of
when our healthcare facility has been performing to its best in
the offering of services to the minorities in America. In this
phase, we will discover various aspects characterizing these
stories, such as their innovative features. The next phase will be
a dream phase. This phase will encompass critical thinking on
what we would like the future organization to look like, how we
would like our leaders, employees, their behaviors, the physical
resources and technologies in our health care facility to work in
collaboration towards the improvement in our healthcare service
delivery. In this phase, the team will create a vision for the
future state desirable for the organization, which has to be
invigorating and inspiring, something that we genuinely want.
Having developed a clear vision, the next phase will be to
design the future. We will determine the steps that we need to
implement today to achieve the set vision (Snelling, 2012). In
this stage, the team member has to get as strategic as possible
through the creation of models and prototypes of multiple
elements of the future mapping steps. Identification of required
resources and skills while engaging the support of others is
significant in this stage of the appreciative inquiry.

5. SWOT Analysis for the Appreciative Inquiry and the Healthcare
Facility
Some of the strengths of our care facility that will make the
appreciative inquiry a success include the availability of skilled
and internal teams who are dedicated to research and analytics
coupled with highly qualified medical personnel. We are also
well equipped with modern medical equipment and a well-
equipped medical facility. Some of the central areas of
weaknesses in the care management that may deter success of
appreciative inquiry includes insufficiencies in management
training. Lack of adequate funds to support the training
programs. There is a case of high staff turnover which adversely
affects the level of collaboration in the care management
coupled with the poor geographical location of the facility,
making it not easily accessible for the clients.
Some of the available opportunities for care management
include collaborating with various healthcare organizations to
increase the flow of knowledge (Snelling, 2012). Development
of healthcare programs and initiatives that will drive more
community outreach while creating mentor programs. The
healthcare facility will consider increasing the funding for the
analytics and researching teams while motivating them to be
creative and innovative. Some of the threats to the successful
execution of this appreciative inquiry would include the
economic and political insecurity, such as frequent changes in
medical regulations that can adversely affect the care sector
(Moore, 2019). The policy and legislative alteration would often
lead to budget deficits. We cannot understate the impacts of
changes in technology with the emergence of new technologies
that the team members may be unable to embrace in the plans,
hence, the care management may lag. Increased competition in
the healthcare sectors is a significant threat to the success of the
firms majorly form the more extensive facilities and new
entrants.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the appreciative inquiry is critical to enabling

6. organizations to focus on crucial strategic approaches that will
improve performance efficacies and productivity rather than
overly focusing on the areas of failure. Appreciative inquiry is,
therefore, a stepping stone that will increase a firm's
competitiveness and hence, should be adopted not only by
healthcare management organizations but also by other firms.
References
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Ruhe, M. C., Bobiak, S. N., Litaker, D., Carter, C. A., Wu, L.,
Schroeder, C., Zyzanski, S. J., Weyer, S. M., Werner, J. J., Fry,
R. E., & Stange, K. C. (2011). Appreciative Inquiry for quality
improvement in primary care practices. Quality management in
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Snelling, J. (2012). The influence of the SWOT analysis in
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Moore, C. (2019). What is appreciative inquiry? A brief history
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https://positivepsychology.com/appreciative-inquiry/