title: A propitious moment in the midst of crisis: a case study of organizational change in an academic department.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors analyze the change, growth, and healing process of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, which came close to its demise when the department Chair and a senior faculty member were arrested and charged with criminal misconduct related to financial transactions in the department.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors draw from the literature on leadership, organizational development, and culture change.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The department experienced a complex, often exhausting process of organizational change, leading to documented improvement in departmental performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The transformation of the department exemplifies many broad organizational principles of leadership and strategic development.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Georgia, Stoney Building, Department of Psychiatry, 997 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. pbuckley@georgiahealth.edu
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: R Kevin
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Grigsby
mesh_terms: D005845:Georgia; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*