MIDTERM: ORGANIZING to STAFFING Flashcards
FORMAT FOR PLANNING
BOATR
Background
Objecyives
Activities
Time frame/target time
Resources
involves establishing a formal structure that provides the coordination of resources to accomplish objectives, establish policies and procedures, and determine procedures and descriptions. It is the process of establishing formal authority.
ORGANIZING
refers to a body of persons, method policies, and procedures arranged in a systematic process through and responsibilities for the accomplishment of purpose.
organization
line drawing that show how the parts of organization are linked.it depicts the formal organizational relationships, areas of responsibility, person to whom, one is accountable, and channels of communication.
organizational chart
individual or sun- unit responsible for a given task
division of work
lines indicating who reports to whom,and by what authority
chain of command
cluster of work groups defferentiated from one another.
types of work segments
indicating hierarchical relationship.
level of management
characteristics of an Organization
DCTL
division of work
chain of command
types of work segments
level of management
One nurse performs all services for the patient.
- common for PDNs, special care units, isolation
case method
Task oriented in which a particular nursing function is assigned to each worker
functional method
Decentralized system of care
Patients centered care
Team conference/planning
team method
RN is responsible for the total care of a small group of patients from admission to discharge.
primary nursing
elements of Organizing
SSSD
Setting-up the organizational Structure
Staffing
Scheduling
Developing job Description
the creation of an organization system compatible with the philosophy, conceptual framework, goal of the organization provides the means for accomplishment of purpose.
setting up the organizational structure
Comprises personal personal and social relationship that do not appear on the organizational chart.
informal Organizational Structure
The best way to correct an invalid rumor is for the manager to
provide accurate information.
It is the official arrangement of positions or working relationships that will coordinate efforts of workers of diverse interests and abilities.
formal Organizational Structure
It describes position, task responsibilities, and relationship among people in their position in the different departments in the organization and is presented in diagrammatic from called
Organizational chart.
Oldest simplest and most direct type
Each position has general authority over lower positions in the hierarchy
line organization /bureaucratic /pyramidal
There is chain of Authority
line organization /bureaucratic /pyramidal
Purely advisory to the line structure with no authority to place recommendation into action.
Staff Organization
Permits a special to aid line position within a limited and clearly defined scope authority.
Functional Organization
major forms of Organizational Structure (Pattern)
CDM
Centralized /pyramidal or tall structure
Decentralized/participatory or flat Structure
Matrix system
Control emanates from top to down
Most common in hospital
Emphasis is concentrated on traditional nursing
Centralized /pyramidal or tall structure
As the organization become large
and more complex, the hierarchy arrangement can prove
Cumbersome (slow moving)
Centralized /pyramidal or tall structure
This is a system whereby the large structure is broken down into smaller units and authority is delegated to those closer to the majority
Decentralized or flat / Participatory Structure
Communication breakdown
Effective communication cannot occur with the face exchange of information among all of the concerned parties.
Disadvantage
decentralized Type
The benefits of centralized and decentralized control are used.
It provides for both hierarchy coordination in a separate department as well as lateral coordination across department
Matrix System