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• Collection of people working together under a defined structure for the purpose of achieving predetermined outcomes through the use of financial, human, and material resources
• In essence, it is the structure designed to support an organizational processes |
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social entities
goal directed
deliberately structured activity systems identifiable boundaries |
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| clear division of labor, hierarchy, control, procedures, Lack |
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basic. interrelated and interdependent.
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Feedback and control |
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| set of objects events or conditions not part of the system but has bearing on the system's functions |
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| the part that receives, stores, or takes energy in the form of information or material such as time, money, people, equipment, effort or information |
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| process or series of actions by which the system converts energy input from the environment into products and services that are usable by the system itself or by the environment |
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| the final outcome of system throughput-product or service resulting from system processing of technical social, financial or human input; such as manufacturing substance, inquiring mind, a well body |
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| information about some aspect of data or energy processing that can be used to monitor and evaluate system performance and guide it to be more effective |
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| Organizational structure classified by: |
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| complexity, formalization and centralization. |
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| refers to the division of labor, specialization, number of hierarchical levels and geographic dispersion |
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| is the degree to which an organization has rules stated in the policy that describes the members function. This may vary by institution |
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| refers to location a decision is made (decentralized at the staff level, more centralized at the manager level) |
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| (Pyramid) power in few people, many levels, specialized, rigid rules, pyramid, short span of control, autocratic |
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| (Flat chart) power downward, independence, quicker decision making, flat or matrix org chart, wide span of control, short hierarchy, democratic |
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| Bureaucratic structure advantages |
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--easy orientatation of new employees
--quick orders downward
--lg #, routine tasks, stable slow pace |
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| Bureaucratic structure Disadvantages |
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| Overemphasis on specialization, Rigid, Resistance to outside recommendations, encourages passive dependence |
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| Matrix structure disadvantages |
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| conflict of dual authority, responsibility, and accountability. Role ambiguity. Loss of control over functional discipline. |
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• Delegation of decision-making is to the professionals doing the work referred to as participatory management
• Flat movement of heirarchial layers
• Less formalized |
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| Accountability is foundation |
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| describes the organization in all future endeavors |
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| (purpose) the reason why an organization exists, it influences the design of the structure. The college of nursing is an integral part of Wayne State University,… |
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| (values and beliefs) expresses the values and beliefs that organization hold. "The college of nursing functions within the context of Wayne State University an supports the official mission of the university…It is committed to high standards in research and scholarship…" |
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• Perceived characteristics of the organization; physical attributes, organizational structure, lines of communication, policies and procedures
• For example: benefits offered, staffing ratios, location of employee parking, layout of nursing unit |
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The acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior
Norms and traditions maintained
--is learned, shared, transgenerational, symbolic, patterned, adaptive and seldom talked about; always present |
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