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organizing and staffing Flashcards

1
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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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an entity that results from people joining together in pursuit of a common cause.

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organization

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

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4
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Specific group of people to handle

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span of control

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5
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in a moderate flexibility laboratory, same as director qualification

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technical consultant

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

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decentralization

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a physician or a doctoral level scientist

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clinical consultant

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Represents individual or subunit responsible for a given task

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division labor

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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

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  • 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

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formal or informal

  • appointed
  • recruitment
  • incentives
  • profit/social goals organizationally driven
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formal

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process of delivering the goods and services produced to the external environment.

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output mechanism

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13
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involves concept of chain-of-command and career ladder.

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scalar principle

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14
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org structure

centralized structure

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pyramid

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input, transformation, or output

  • people
  • test request
  • specimens
  • info. supplies
  • financial resources
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input

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16
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org structure

combination of flat and pyramidal type

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shared governance

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17
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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

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org structure

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

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bereaucratic / line

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are the mechanism through which work is done.

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jobs

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

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line authority

21
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  • based on the practice of eight-hour shifts which depend upon the demand and the availability of personnel
  • largest number of personnel is assigned during the first eight periods.
  • provision is made to increase staff during the night shift especially in times of emergency
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scheduling

22
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a person performing tests in high-complexity laboratory must have at least as associate degree

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testing personnel

23
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defined as self-contained collection of interacting interdependent components, working together toward a common purpose.

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organizational system

24
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  • grouping together of related activities to expedite the production process
  • Involves concept of specialization
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departmentalization

25
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number of individuals one person can effectively supervise within the limits of specific work conditions

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span control

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  • 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

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  • 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

28
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input, transformation, or output

  • test results
  • consultation
  • salaries
  • information
  • wastes
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output

29
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the need to delegate authority and shared responsibility is related to the concept of span of control

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delegation of authority

30
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Who reports to whom and by what authority

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chain of command

31
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  • 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

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  • working class are “faceless automations” who could be coaxed and coerced to perform
  • 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 unquestionable obedience to his subordinates
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herd concept

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top, middle or low

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level of management position

34
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matching the people presently working in the laboratory with current workload requirements

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scheduling

35
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in high-complexibility laboratories, the same general qualification apply as the technical consultant

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technical supervisor

36
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org structure

decentralized, span of control and authority is widened

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flat

37
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input, transformation, or output

  • test performance
  • personnel
  • instruments
  • expertise
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transformation

38
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process whereby resources received through the input channels are converted into the products and services produced by the organization

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transformation

39
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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

40
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Is 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

41
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  • 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 group

42
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  • process through which needed resourcesare acquired and replaced.
  • supplies, knowledge, machinery, and labor are acquired by money and replaced by delivery of services
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input mechanism

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is a summary of important or significant about a particular job

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job description

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formal or informal

  • charisma
  • personal attraction
  • peer motives
  • social norms and mores
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informal

45
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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

46
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a physicians or holder of bachelor’s degree or higher in a science discipline with the corresponding experience.

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director

47
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  • 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

48
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  • 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

49
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States that each individual has only one BOSS

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unity of command

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