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Organizing and Staffing Flashcards

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1A management function that provides the relationship between people and activities that they will undertake as to fulfill their organizational objectives.

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Organizing

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

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Organizational System

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3 Concept

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  1. Herd Concept
  2. Man to man Concept
  3. Social Concept
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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

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4 Types of Organizational Structure

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  1. Flat
  2. Pyramid
  3. Bureaucratic/Line
  4. Shared Governance
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decentralized, span of control and authority is widened.

[types of organizational structure]

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Flat

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centralized structure

[types of organizational structure]

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Pyramid

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

[types of organizational structure]

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Bureaucratic/Line

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combination of flat and pyramidal type

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Shared Governance

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5 Characteristic of Organization Structure

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  1. Division of labor
  2. Chain of command
  3. Span of control
  4. Level of management position
  5. Organizational relationship
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Represents individual or subunit responsible for a given task.

[characteristics of organizational structure]

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Division of labor

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Who reports to whom and by what authority.

[characteristics of organizational structure]

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Chain of command

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Specific group of people to handle.

[characteristics of organizational structure]

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Span of control

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top, middle, or low

[characteristics of organizational structure]

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Level of management position

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formal and informal

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Organization relationship

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3 Designed element and factors

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  1. Task to performed
  2. People involved
  3. Workplace
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2 Design Strategies and models

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  1. Bureaucratic models
  2. Situational models
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3 Functions Organizational System

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  1. Input mechanism
  2. Transformation
  3. Output mechanism
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Process through which needed resources are acquired and replaced.

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Input mechanism

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

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Transformation

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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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It is the power of act.

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Authority

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3 Types and Roles Authority

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  1. Line authority
  2. Staff authority
  3. Functional authority
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Authority taking the straight-line route from administration to dept. head, to supervisor to the staff.

[types and roles of authority]

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Line authority

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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.

[types and roles of authority]

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Staff authority

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Exercise control within the boundaries of profession’s specialty. This type of authority is shown when physicians write prescription orders to patient.

[types and roles of authority]

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Functional authority

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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

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6 Principle of Organizational Structure and Authority

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  1. Departmentalization
  2. Decentralization
  3. Unity of command
  4. Scaler principle
  5. Span control
  6. Exception principle
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grouping together of related activities to expedite the production process and also involves concept of specialization.

[principles of organizational structure and authority]

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Departmentalization

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

[principles of organizational structure and authority]

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Decentralization

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states that each individual has only one BOSS

[principles of organizational structure and authority].

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Unity of command

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

[principles of organizational structure and authority]

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Scaler control

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

[principles of organizational structure and authority]

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Span control

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

[principles of organizational structure and authority]

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Exception principle

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