Understanding and Designing Organizational Structures Analyze relationships among

Understanding and Designing Organizational Structures

§Analyze relationships among mission, vision, philosophy, and organizational structure. §Analyze factors that influence the design of organizational structure. §Compare and contrast types of organizational structure. §Evaluate reengineering of organizations. 2

§Systematic analysis of how organizations and their component parts act and interact §Interrelationship of Mission, Vision, and Philosophy: All of these elements are interrelated, as the figure from your text shows. 3

Shared governance is focused on allowing professional nurses to manage their practice. It involves the responsibility for making decisions at the patient, unit, and organizational level. In this practice model, front-line nurses are accountable for making nursing care decisions that impact their patients. 4

§Sets the stage by clearly defining the intent and goal of the unit or organization. 5

This unit’s purpose is to provide high-quality nursing care for neurosurgical patients during the acute phase of their illness that facilitates their progression to the rehabilitation phase. We strive to cultivate a multidisciplinary approach to the care of the neurosurgical patient and provide multiple educational opportunities for the professional development of neurosurgical nurses. ” “ 6

§Future-oriented, purposeful statements designed to identify the desired future of an organization 7

§ “To be the premier neurosurgical nursing unit in the state” 8

§Written statement that articulates the values and beliefs held about the nature of the work required to accomplish the mission 9

Views and beliefs (management, staff, patients) Stage of professional development Education Technology 10

§The reflection of the norms or traditions of the organization as exemplified through behaviors that illustrate the values and beliefs of the organization 11

§Complexity §Formalization §Centralization 12

§Consumerism §Change §Competition §Legal/Regulatory 13

§Phase 1: Representative staff nurses are members of clinical forums. §Phase 2: Representative staff nurses belong to committees. §Phase 3: Representative staff nurses belong to councils with authority. 14

§Functional §Service line §Matrix §Flat §Shared governance 15

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Numerous options exist for the way in which nursing services can be organized. It is important to think about the characteristics of each type and how those fit with the way in which you wish to enact your professional career. Organizations do change; however, it is a slow and deliberate process. 20