Nur 492 - Organizational Structure Paper

Organizational And Structure Paper

Priscilla Ricardo

NUR/492

January 25, 2016

Professor Rachel Gonzalez

Introduction

Every facility has an authority structure within the organization that is the foundation for the oversight of delegating processes and expected outcomes. Organizational structure is an important tool managers use to increase efficiency within the departments and is an important line of communication for employees at the department level as well as throughout the organization. The purpose of this paper is to identify the type of organizational structure used in my facility, describe how that structure creates an environment of support for patient-centered care, use of information systems within the culture and structure of the agency, use of decision-making ability, identify informal and formal reporting lines as well as who the real leaders are in the organization, how social and cultural influences of the community are integrated in the delivery of care, and how generational differences influence the organizational culture of my workplace.

Type of Organizational Structure

The type of organizational structured being utilized in Larkin Health is a hybrid structure. This type of organizational structure as it grows, organizes both self-contained units and functional units into a hybrid organization, (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). This structure improves alignment between corporate and service goals. It encourages better adaptation to the environment while maintaining its efficiency and purpose. However, a weakness the hybrid structure has is the existing conflict between top administration and managers. Managers often strongly dislike an administrator’s intrusions into what they see as their own area of responsibility and expertise. Over time, these organizations tend to accumulate a large corporate staff to oversee divisions in an attempt to coordinate service and product structure, (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). Organizational culture differs from one institution to the next and subcultures and even countercultures, groups whose values and goals significantly differ from those of the dominant organization may exist. A subculture is a group that has shared similar experience, interests, and values. Nurses form subcultures within the healthcare environments. They share a common ground for language, rituals, rules, dress code, and have their own unstated rules. Individual units can also become subcultures, (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). Larkin Health’s core values assist in guiding the organization with its commitment to serve, to care and heal the patients within the community. These values include: safety and quality care, treating each individual with compassion and respect, honest and ethical communication, constantly seeking room for growth and improvement, striving to exceed the expectations of patients, families, and the community, as well as achieving goals through collaboration and teamwork. (Larkin Health, 2015).