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Implementing The Strategic Option Of Changing The Current Management And Restructuring The Practice

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Pocasangre Olivia Dental has faced many challenges since it opened five years ago and with the office on the verges of closure, it is imperative now more than ever for a strategic plan to be implemented to change its present situation. From the previous chapter it was determined by the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix, (QSPM) the best strategic option for the office was to, hire a new office manager and restructure the dental practice. Furthermore, by turning the dental practice weaknesses into opportunities, as well as their strengths into greater opportunities they will be able to rebound their current situation and transform into a productive and profitable dental practice.
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(Holloway, 2014) Understanding leadership and the important role it provides to a small business was an area that Dr. Pocasange in the five years of private practice had not quite been able to integrate into the practice. Although there was an office manager employed, it was only in title not in actual performance. Small business leaders are multifunctional, often restricted by daily operational demands, yet encouraged to facilitate sustainability. How the leader resolves these issues might be the difference between operational success and failure. (Holloway, 2014) In a dental practice the most valuable employee aside from the dentist is the office manager. An effective office manager has the same level of importance and equivalence as a CEO or President does to any major corporation. The office manager implements and monitors the daily operations of the dental practice by overseeing the duties and tasks performed by the employees from the opening to the closing of each day. They are the ones who relay the vision of the practice through hiring, training, and managing all the team members (Dykstra, 2013). In many small dental practice where there is no clear leadership and the doctor who performs dentistry and tries to manage the practice simultaneously, usually is ineffective in the area of management because it can be overwhelming. The manager’s role to their team is to find the solutions to difficult problems that affect the team and the

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