Organizational Structure in Healthcare

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN HEALTHCARE
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Executive Summary
For the optimum functioning of any organization, the need of the hour is to implement and
effective organizational culture as well as an organizational structure, for outlining the key roles,
responsibilities and duties of any organization, along with emphasizing the foundational
principles upon which the employees with interact and share information amongst each other. In
this report, the organizational structures and cultures of hierarchy, utilized in the selected
example have been identified along with establishment of association between the two. In
conclusion, the shortcomings along with possible changes have been identified, which the
organization can undertake in the form of decentralized and clan culture communication for
future organizational improvement.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Discussion............................................................................................................................3
Structure of the Organization...........................................................................................3
Identification and Explanation of Organizational Culture...............................................4
Impact on Organizational Culture...................................................................................5
Changes for Improvement...................................................................................................7
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................8
References............................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The managerial principles of ‘organizational structure’ highlight the direction of various
tasks and designations performed by various departments of a business, with the sole purpose of
fulfillment towards common organizational objectives. The organizational structure of any
industry or venture also emphasizes elaborately and effectively, the direction in which the
required information must flow across various sub-sections for the purpose of data dissemination
and task completion. Hence, a recognition of an organizational culture is of utmost importance
for the identification of essential organizational responsibilities, duties and roles (Varpio et al.
2017).
The following paragraphs of the report, aim to shed light on the structure of organization
of the selected example, along with detailed explanation of the organizational culture followed.
The report also highlights how the structure of this particular organization aims to impact the
selected organizational culture, along with identification of essential changes that can be
implemented for the purpose of organizational improvement and enhancement.
Discussion
Structure of the Organization
As observed from the selected example, it can be identified that a centralized
organizational structure is utilized. An organizational structure which is centralized emphasizes
the importance of using a structured command chain of communication, with specific emphasis
on hierarchical organizational departments where superiors will have influence the decision-
making process and performance of the subordinates. This kind of organizational structure is