ORGANIZING AND STAFFING

Question 1

a management function that provides the relationship between people and the activities that they will undertake as to fulfill their organizational objectives.

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Organizing

Question 2

an entity that results from people joining together in pursuit of a common cause.

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Organization

Question 3

defined as self-contained collection of interacting interdependent components, working together toward a common purpose.

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Organizational System

Question 4

Organizational Concept

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Herd, Man to Man, and Social Concept

Question 5

working class are “faceless automations” who could be coaxed and coerced to perform

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Herd Concept

Question 6

-uses authoritarianistic measures in the implementation of rules and regulations and the corresponding punishment.
-the rule is “obey now, question later”
-the leader yields exclusive power to decide and enforce unquestionab

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Herd Concept

Question 7

-the working class is under the direct personal relation with his superior
-the superior gives direct delegation of authority and responsibility to the subordinates.

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Man to Man Concept

Question 8

-the superiors and subordinates are members of the team
-each problem is viewed in terms of the over-all effect of the laboratory
-the relationship of the members is “Man to his group”

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Social Concept

Question 9

Process where group is formed, including the lines of communication channeling of authority, span of control and making decision.

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Organizational Structure

Question 10

Types of organizational structure

Answer 10

Flat, Pyramid, Bureaucratic, Shared Governance

Question 11

decentralized, span of control and authority is widened

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Flat OS

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centralized structure

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Pyramid OS

Question 13

oldest and simplest form, rule centered, associated with chain of command.

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Bureaucratic OS

Question 14

combination of flat and pyramidal type

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Shared Governance

Question 15

Characteristic that Represents individual or subunit responsible for a given task

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Division of Labor

Question 16

Characteristic Who reports to whom and by what authority

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Chain of Command

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Specific group of people to handle

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Span of control

Question 18

Level of management position

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Top, middle, low

Question 19

• Formal – direct rel. , uninterrupted
• Informal – dotted line, coordinated relationship

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Organizational relationship

Question 20

• officially sanctioned lines of authority assigned by the owners of the organization.
• the members of this group know whom they work, whom they supervise, how their department relates to other groups and even who supervise their boss

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Formal groups

Question 21

• alliances that form outside the boundaries of the formal bureaucracy from the interaction and allegiance of people with common interests.

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Informal groups

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Functions of Organizational System

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Input, Transformation, output mechanism

Question 23

• it is the power of act
• is linked with power, influence, knowledge, control and with responsibility
• should go hand-in-hand to ensure harmonious flow of organizational energy toward completion of its task and mission.

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Authority

Question 24

TYPES AND ROLES OF AUTHORITY

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1. Line Authority
2. Staff Authority
3. Functional Authority

Question 25

Authority taking the straight-line route from administration to dept. head, to supervisor to the staff.

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Line Authority

Question 26

exercised through such staff department as a business and personnel dept. those that provide supportive services in a more direct fashion

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Staff Authority

Question 27

- exercise control within the boundaries of profession’s specialty - this type of authority is shown by when physicians write prescription orders to patient

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Functional Authority

Question 28

- the need to delegate authority and shared responsibility is related to the concept of span of control

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Delegation of Authority

Question 29

grouping together of related activities to expedite the production process

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Departmentalization

Question 30

Process of having the decision-making process close to those who are actually performing the work

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Decentralization

Question 31

States that each individual has only one BOSS

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Unity of Command

Question 32

involves concept of chain-of-command and career ladder

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Scalar Principle

Question 33

number of individuals one person can effectively supervise within the limits of specific work conditions

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Span control

Question 34

allows the manager and staff to do their job without having to check with a supervisor about every details

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Exception principle

Question 35

the setting of a long-term goals and objectives for the number and types of personnel needed to meet the labor requirements of the laboratory

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Staffing

Question 36

matching the people presently working in the laboratory with current workload requirements

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Scheduling

Question 37

The primary determinant in the staffing decision is the level of service expected from each unit and the resulting workload

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Staffing levels

Question 38

The important aspect of staffing is to make certain that employees are properly trained to perform their assignments.

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Performance Training

Question 39

Jobs are the link between people and organization.

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Job Design

Question 40

- a summary of important or significant about a particular job -assist the administration in the determination of salary classification -lends orderliness to job performance

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Job Description

Question 41

-is a summary in abridged form of the formal education, skills and experience required to perform the duties of the job -represents the requirements for employment in a given job. -consists of set of factors or parameters of the personnel to match most efficiently to the demands of the job. -vital in recruitment to reduce wasteful over and under qualification of applicants

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Job specification

Question 42

a physicians or holder of bachelor’s degree or higher in a science discipline with the corresponding experience.

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Director

Question 43

in a moderate flexibility laboratory, same as director qualification

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Technical Consultant

Question 44

in high- complexibility laboratories, the same general qualification apply as the technical consultant

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Technical supervisor

Question 45

a physician or a doctoral level scientist

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Clinical consultant

Question 46

- a laboratorian with an associate degree or higher in medical laboratory technology - 2 years of training and experience in a High-complexity laboratory

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General Supervisor

Question 47

a person performing tests in high-complexity laboratory must have at least as associate degree

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Testing Personnel

Question 48

- The important stop if introducing the employee to his/her new environment comes after selection and hiring process.

Answer 48

Orientation