Leadership and Strategy for Cloud Pharmacy Chain - for Better Patient Experience and Sustainability Across North America

Abstract

The final report for the thesis summarizes the dissertation completion, noting the critical milestones attained, and reporting study completed and how they have been presented. The research study aimed to investigate the barriers that limit the adoption of cloud pharmacy and identify the role of leadership in driving technological change and the adoption of cloud pharmacy. 

The pharmacy sector needs to catch up to other sectors in adopting modern technologies and innovations. Research studies have cited security concerns and strict regulatory frameworks as the primary limitations to the successful adoption of the cloud. Chapter two presents the existing literature on the barriers and factors contributing to the low adoption of cloud pharmacy and the role of leaders in embracing innovations. 

The research study seeks to fill the existing research gap on the application of transformational leadership in providing direction toward adopting cloud pharmacy. The research had adopted a pragmatic research methodology, which was suitable to provide flexibility in selecting research methods to have the most appropriate research design. Pragmatic research philosophy helped enable the researcher to transform the complex subject matter under investigation to understand the subject matter under investigation better. The research will use primary data acquired from stakeholders in the pharmacy sector through
questionnaires, and the data was analysed through content analysis. This fourth and fifth chapters detail the analysis conducted and the results observed. The fifth chapter finishes with a comprehensive assessment of the conclusions and recommendations of the study.