Organizing and Staffing Flashcards
It is an entity that results from people joining together in pursuit of a common cause.
Organization
Is a management function that provides the relationship between people and the activities that they will undertake as to fulfill their organization objectives.
Organizing
Is defined as self-contained, collection of interacting interdependent components, working together toward a common cause?
Organizational system
3 functions of organizational system?
- input mechanism
- transformation
- output mechanism
It is the process through which needed resources are acquired and replaces?
Input mechanism
5 essentials of Input Mechanism?
- people
- test request
- specimen
- information supplies
- financial resources
It is the internal process whereby resources received through the input channels?
Transformation
4 key components of Transformation?
- test performance
- personnel
- instrument
- expertise
The process of delivering the goods and services produced to the external environment?
Output mechanism
5 key components of Output Mechanism?
- test result
- consultation
- salaries
- information
- wastes
4 types of organizational structure?
- flat
- pyramid
- bureaucratic/line/hierarchical
- shared governance
It is decentralized structure, and the span of control and authority is widened. There is also participation in the lower level of management.
Flat
Centralized structure, the managers have full control of members or controlled by one person only.
Pyramid
Oldest and simplest method of all. It is rule centered structure that is associated with chain of command and has downward communication.
Bureaucratic/line/hierarchical
It is combination of flat and pyramid type of structure?
Shared Governance
