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Organization Design
Organization Design
Elmer A. F. Conde
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Definitions
Organization serves as a facilitating agency in the achievement of a purpose (Moehlman, 1940).
It determines what tasks are to be done, who is to do these, how are the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom and what decisions are to be made.
Definitions
Organization is a form of every human association for the attainment of a common purpose (Mooney, 1939)
It is an act of putting into systematic relationships those elements and activities essential to the satisfaction of the purpose.
Definitions
It is a form of identifying roles and relationships of each staff in order to delineate specific tasks or functions that will carry out organizational plans and objectives.
Definitions
It is the process of identifying and grouping the work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority, and establishing relationship for the purpose of enabling the people to work most effectively together in achieving objectives (Allen, 1998)
Processes in Organization
Identification and definition of basic tasks such as staffing and creation of job descriptions
Delegation of authority and assignment of responsibility for the accomplishment of activities
Processes in Organization
Establishing relationships by providing system of vertical and horizontal communications through authority relationships to bind and coordinate the groupings.
Processes in Organization
Must have form and function which evolves from a logical process and deliberate design. Nursing as an organization must be built around the following basic activities:
Objectivity and plans Centers of authority Environment within which it is to function Quality of available manpower to run it
Categories of Organization
1. Formal Organization A system of well-defined jobs, each with a measure of authority and responsibility and accountability. It is bounded by delegation and is relatively stable.
Categories of Organization
1. Formal Organization It is consciously designed to enable the people of the enterprise to work most effectively together in accomplishing its objectives.
Categories of Organization
2. Informal organization Refers to what people do are human personalities actions in terms of needs, attitudes and not in terms and regulations. because they and to their emotions and of procedures
Categories of Organization
2. Informal organization People group and work together because of their own likes and dislikes are similar but such groupings are not reflected in the formal organization of an institution.
Characteristics
Division of work where each box represents an individual or sub-unit responsible for a given task.
Chain of command with lines indicating who reports to whom and by what authority.
Characteristics
Different types of work segments shown by clusters of work groups. Different levels of management indicating hierarchical relationships.
ORGANIZATION DESIGN
Definition
It is a process used to improve the probability that an organization will be successful. It is the formal, guided process for integrating the people, information and technology of an organization.
Uses
Used to match the purposes with the operations undertaken Improve the collective efforts of members to ensure success. It gives specific organization. direction to the
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Division of labor Unity of command Authority and responsibility Span of control Contingency factor
Organizational Structure
Description
It is a process in which a group is formed including its authority, responsibility and accountability, span of control and lines of communication. It is the formal structure, the official arrangement of positions or working relationships that will coordinate efforts of workers of diverse interest and abilities.
Description
It is the formal system of tasks and reporting relationships that controls, coordinates and motivates employees so that they cooperate to achieve an organizations goals.
Patterns
tall or centralized structure flat or decentralized structure
Because of the vertical nature of the structure, there are many levels of communication
Example
Example
Organizational Relationships
1. Formal relationships Represented by uninterrupted lines between units, showing who reports to whom. 2. Informal relationships Represented by a broken or dotted line, where power relationships are coordinated.
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