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[|Creating a process culture]

Grady Healthcare and Emory School of Medicine work together to push federal and non-federal research grants through a botched system. Wait, not a botched system, a non-existent external process. There is a very comprehensive internal process flow from one department to another, however, when outside this system there is little direction. The problem this causes for the faculty of Grady and Emory is that they have no road map to follow when trying to get their research grants approved. Each type of grant has to follow a particular flow or thus be held up in some paper pile waiting for appropriate backlogged approvals or funding. Currently, the best way to get your research funded is to ask lots of questions of your fellow (senior) co-worker that has previously submitted a grant for approval or make really good friends with the right (approvers) people. This process creates confusion and inefficiency. As in the article it is important to state the goal in getting everyone to adopt the system. This will be one of our biggest goals. Getting the current faculty to accept the change in process and helping them to understand that it will prevent drawn out approval times.

Works Cited LEWIS, BOB. "InfoWorld: Creating a Process Culture." //InfoWorld//. N.p., 2 Feb. 2004. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. []