You have just been hired as a consultant to the chief executive officer (CEO) of a health  care organization. Your duty is to improve the management tools and practices needed   to work in teams, build cross – functional teams, and facilitate collaborative decision – making.  

You need to identify elements found in an effective health care work group and identify  barriers to communication that may   cause conflict within a group.  Suggest some types  of communication techniques that can be used to avoid conflicts within a team.  

You need to address ways to improve communication among departments in an  organization to avoid conflict. Finally, identify strateg ies that may be used to avoid  recurring conflicts and ways a leader can prevent conflict within  the  team in the  organization.  

Based upon what you have learned in this class, prepare a 1,250 – 1,500 – word paper in  which you propose a quality improvement plan t o present to the CEO addressing these  issues.