Question

choose either a general family physician practice or a radiology department in a large hospital system for this assignment.

Take some time to reflect on the principles of organizational structure and the impact they have on the type of organization you chose.

Create two organizational charts: (1) a master chart for the organization (or department) overall; and (2) a supplementary chart depicting the structure and arrangement of the specific department or function. That is, take your master chart and expand upon a small portion of it to show further detail. You can create the chart using Word, Excel or Powerpoint.

Use your charts to answer the following questions. Your answers can be brief, as long as they answer the question directly. You may type your answer directly below the question.

• Is the organization more appropriately described as centralized or decentralized? Why?
• What management position appears to have the broadest span of control in terms of number of direct reporting employees? Why?

Answer 1

Answer:

The main organizational structure with departments is as below

Health Organization Structure

Nursing Department

Physician Department

Laboratory Department

Administration Department

Finance and Accounting Department

Medi-claim Department

Pharmacy Department

Housekeeping / Maintenance Department

The departmental detail organizational structure will be as below

Nursing Departments
Nursing Manager		Senior Doctors		Central Coordinator
Nursing Senior Staff		Junior Doctors		Assistant Coordinator -1
Nursing Junior Staff		Duty Doctors		Assistant Coordinator -2

Answer:

• The organization is more appropriately described as centralized organization structure because the organization structure formed is such that all departments will report into the common executive office of the health organization. Thus the decision making authority will be centralized and all department heads will report into the common central head for the health organization. Thus this structure looks to be centralized organization structure for the given healthcare organization.   

• The management position appears to have the broadest span of control in terms of number of direct reporting employees is the manager – employee relation. Because in each employee reporting relation, the better control of span is with the manager and his team. The manager has better control over his employees as his employees are reporting into the manager and they make the right decision for the business. The manager- employee reporting structure is the key structure that has adequate control in the management. It works on the top to bottom approach. The top manager ha control over their employees and their employee ha control over their further down level reporting employees and so on…