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1) Organization & Operation Flashcards

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Operating Core

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People that do the organization’s work

  • PT’s, PTA’s, aides, students
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Management

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Coordinates activities and grows as the organization grows

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Executive Management

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Responsible for overall organizational performance; Has high decision-making authority

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Middle Management

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Responsible for day-to-day operations; Has less decision making authority; Connects executive management and the operating core

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Support

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Supports activities of the operating core and management

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Technical Support

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Do standardized tasks and help the organization adapt to environmental changes; Support the work of the operating core but aren’t directly related to the performance of the work

  • PR, mail room, cleaning staff
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Why is it important to know about an organization’s structure?

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Will help you to divide/coordinate work btwn employees to achieve a common goal

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What are the three aspects of coordination?

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Work Standardization, Supervision, and Mutual Accommodation

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Work Standardization

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Standardization of work through the use of policies and procedures

  • Licensed PT’s, CarePaths, Outcome measures
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True or False: Work standardization decreases the need for direct supervision and mutual accommodation?

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True

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Supervision

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Control and direction of another person’s/group’s work

  • PT and PTA/Aide
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Mutual Accommodation

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Interaction btwn individuals that result in continuous adjustment btwn those individuals toward the achievement of their shared goals

  • Requires flexibility
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What are the external and internal factors that influence operating structure?

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External:

  • Customer’s/Pt’s
  • Competitors
  • Demographic Shifts
  • Economic Climate, Govt Regulation, & Tech innovation

Internal:

  • Ownership
  • Production Technology
  • Culture
  • Organization Size
  • Organization Age
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What are the three types of ownership?

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Private, Public, and Govt

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Private Ownership

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Owner has the right to establish the business’s purpose; Owner can do what they want as long as its legal

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Public Ownership

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A business that has stock that the public can purchase through a stock exchange

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Govt Ownership

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Business is directly owned by the govt; Indirectly owned by the people living in the area bc they pay taxes

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Unit Production

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Production/provision of services is customer-centered on an individual basis

  • AKA pt-centered care
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Massed Production

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Production of a large volume of goods/services

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Process Production

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Production of large quantities of liquids or gasses

21
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Culture

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Learned patterns of social interaction that normally occur w/in an organization

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What are the stages of business development?

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1) Craft Stage

  • Organization is small
  • Little if any division of labor
  • All members/workers are equally competent in providing services

2) Entrepreneurial Stage

  • Division of labor is now necessary

3) Bureaucratic Stage

  • There’s a hierarchy of authority
  • Jobs become highly specialized
  • Work standardization

4) Divisionalized Stage

  • Manifests as vertical integration

5) Adhocracy/Matrix Stage

  • Specialists are arranged by specialty
  • An advantage of this stage is the integration of service and administration
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Operations Management

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Makes the organization work properly

24
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Finish the sentence: Management _____; Leadership is _________

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1) is about doing things right
2) about doing the right things

25
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What does management require?

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Planning, Direction, and Evaluation

26
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What is the most costly part of running a PT business?

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Labor

27
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True or False: A business plan is not always necessary

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False

28
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Organization Chart

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Graphic representation of organizational structure showing the relationship btwn owners, management, support staff, and the operating core; Delineates lines of communication and control

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Job Description

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Describes the functions of a job; What a performance eval is based on

30
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Should a job description be static?

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No

31
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Performance Standards

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Determines how duties should be performed

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Policy

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Written statement that explicitly describes the action to be taken

33
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Procedure

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Description of the action described in a policy is to be accomplished

34
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Policies and Procedures

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Guarantee that things will get done and ensures fairness

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