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How does an organization’s mission and vision affect its governance?

Analysis of Organizational Structure

Purpose

To analyze an organization to determine whether it is a centralized or decentralized organization and to determine whether a shared governance framework is established

Directions

Select a health care organization with which you are familiar and complete the Governance Study Guide.

Governance Study Guide

1. Where is the power in the organization?

2. How much authority does each manager have?

3. Who has what decision-making responsibility?

4. How many levels of hierarchy are there in the organization?

5. Do clinical nurses make autonomous clinical decisions?

6. Are clinical nurses elected or appointed to organizational committees?

7. Do clinical nurses participate in hiring, evaluating, and scheduling decisions?

8. How are clinical nurses’ innovative ideas encouraged and received by administration?

9. How are assignments made on the nursing units?

Remember that a more decentralized structure enables clinical nurses to participate at all levels of decision making. Communication is horizontal and vertical, and innovations are encouraged.

Answer 1

An organization's mission and vision make sure that every plan should execute properly and the future of the organization is stabilized. A clear vision ensure that the investors, customers, and dealers are connected with the company for a long time.

A company's organizational structure ensures the operation of the business. Studying the different structures of the company can help to examine weaknesses, and identify strengths.

The power of an organization is divided into 5 parts-

1) Legitimate Power.

2) Expert Power.

3) Coercive Power.

4) Referent power.

5) Reward Power

A manager has a positional authority and also has the power of decision making.

In organizations, there are typically three levels of management:

1-top-level,

2-middle-level, and

3- first-level.

These three levels form a hierarchy, in which organizational persons are ranked in order of importance.

Yes, clinical nurses make autonomous clinical decisions.

Yes, clinical nurses elected or appointed to organizational committees and also participate in hiring, evaluating, and scheduling decisions if they have enough potential.

Clinical nurses’ innovative ideas encouraged and received by the administration by appointed them in the organizational committee and also participate in hiring, evaluating, and scheduling decisions.

Assignments are made on the nursing units by matching the nurses with patients.