NURS4455 Nursing Leadership and Management
Module 1 Assignment 4
Question 5What is unique about the organizational structure of healthcare organizations? (very specifically discussed in video) Identify the type of organization and explain its meaning.
Hospitals require precision in the execution of job responsibilities and multiple layers of accountability in order to function. To accomplish this, hospitals use a vertical organizational structure with many layers of management.
The vast majority of hospital workers are service providers: doctors, nurses, orderlies, physical therapists, laundry workers and the many other people required in order for a hospital to function. They provide patient care, maintain records and ensure that the hospital is able to deliver care to patients in an effective manner.
Understanding hospital organizational structure ensures that hospital employees know their own responsibilities, the responsibilities of those around them, to whom they report and who to talk to about particular responsibilities or fields of knowledge.
