What are the key challenges to implement an organizational-wide Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) ?

The challenges of SOP include the fear that SOP limits creativity, restricts shortcuts, weakens competition, and denies flexibility. According to EBTE Consultants, the potential disadvantages include that the use of SOP can become more and more restrictive; reduce individual liberty and approach to work; and can become very time consuming; and create a complete controlled environment - ideal for bureaucratic management style.

Some individuals see SOP as a threat that diminishes their importance at work and so are unwilling to share their knowledge and skills. Job security is another factor. Some workers feel insecure in their position if everybody knows their skills and knowledge.

Therefore, SOP is applicable to any entity and it should be an essential domain of an effective management system to help cultivate transparent systems, implement error preventive measures, and facilitate corrective actions. When it comes to the practice of medicine and pharmaceutical care, its relevance and importance becomes critical to ensure safety. SOP helps provide an efficient and quality service and having an efficient SOP in place minimizes errors, clears the way forward by avoiding uncertainties, and serves as a vital tool to transfer knowledge and skill.

Ref: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511899/

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SOPs standardize the organizational activities keep them in the discipline to achieve goals and sustainable growth as well minimize unethical practices. However, the main threat comes from people behavior that always dislike the discipline.

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