Question

Taking Care of Business at Graceland Memorial Hospital case. This is for healthcare organization management class

Write a 3 page well written research paper

Review the definition of organizations and the five elements of that definition. In this case, how are the five elements or organizations evident for Graceland Memorial Hospital?

Please add references.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Answer :

Definition of organizations :

Organization is defined as here the identifiable group of people providing or contributing their efforts to wards to achievement or attainment of goals.

It is according to My. Farland.

One more definition :

Organization it is a process of identification of activities, to achieve organizational goals, and grouping these activities into workable units, assigning duties and responsibilities to the subordinates, delegation of authority to accomplishment of goals, and establish superior and subordinate relationship to work effectively to achieve the goals.

It is according to Louis A Allen.

Elements of organizations:

1. Identification of activities to achieve goals.

2. Departmentalisation

3. Delegation

4. Decentralisation

5. An organization is deliberately structured and Coordinationated.

1. Identification of activities :

* in grace land memorial hospital, they will identify and set the activities prior it self.

* so that they can achieve the organizational goals effectively.

2. Departmentalization :

In these hospital they will devide or grouping of those activities to departments like, administrative department, financial department, service and purchase departments .

* so that the can do work easily.

3. Delegation :

It means assignment of part of work to subordinates, and give powers and rights to accomplishment of those activities and creation of accountability and responsibilities towards that works.

* in graceland memorial hospital we may find this delegation.

4. Decentralisation :

Means the subordinates also can give suggestions.

* it is democratic path way.

* here subordinates can work independently and routinely.

* this type of decentralisation can observe in grace land hospital.

5. An organization is deliberately structured and coordinated :

This organization is structured like that.

* it means to spread any information to employees the head of the department must be accepted.

* then this information can pass to the all employees, so here in grace land hospital also first chief executive officer can accept the any informations and next it pass to the all.

Like this five elements of organizations can evident for the grace land hospital.