Dr Shashanka Ratnayake - People & Organization

The Role of the Psychological Contract on health care workers The psychological contract denotes an unwritten set of expectations operating at all times between every member of an organization and various managers and others in that organization according to Schein (1965). In other words it is about a belief between the employer and employee relationship based on expectations and commitment. The breach in the psychological contract would affect the  performance of the organization simply due to disruption of employer - employee bond with mutual trust ( Armstrong, 2006). In health care scenarios where the high quality service is the expectation of the employer by a committed health care worker. However the continuing commitment of the health care worker would invariably necessitate making the promises on the employers part. However the health care services inherit the challenge of dynamic complexity of working environment, involvement of multiple professionals and...

I nter-professional learning  for a better health care The organizational leaning defined by Easterby-Smith and Arturo (1999) as an “Efficient procedure to process, interpret and respond to both internal and external information of a predominantly explicit nature” ( Armstrong, 2006). It’s objective in health care is to implement best practice with best interest of the patient.  Team based shared care is the modern trend in the health care in the commitment to achieve the best possible care for the patients which is a common goal. The appreciation of contribution of each other with the understanding of strengths and limitations and willing to accept the equal status would be cornerstones of flourishing team effort. In patient care learning to work as a team member requires development of skills of collaboration without crossing the professional boundaries and negotiation without exposing personal limitations. Therefore inter-professional learning has emerged as immensely...