Org structure+collectivee

Question 1

Misson statment

Answer 1

purpose or reason for existence of the organization
What unique about the organization
highest priority in the planning

Question 2

Philosophy
in the sense of thought
attitude towards

Answer 2

The foundation directs all further planning toward that mission
It guides how they go about doing what they do
found in policy mannual

Question 3

What is the difference between a mission and a vision statement?

Answer 3

Mission statement
-focuses on today and what the org does to achieve it.
Vision statement
-tomorrow and what the org wants to become.

Question 4

Question 5

Strategic plan

Answer 5

define their vision for future and identify their org’s goals
We need direction and organizational goals to work toward. .

Question 6

Strategic Planning Process (SPP)
a) Perform environmental assessment means?
b) An external assessment?
c) An internal assessment?

Answer 6

a) view of the org’s current environment
Where are we now?
b) view trends and future issues
Factoers
Employees and Managers
Money and Resources
c) Organization’s assets and liabilities
The Economy

Question 7

Tool of conduct enviroment assesement?
What each letter stands for?

Answer 7

SWOT
S: Strengths
W: Weaknesses
O: Opportunities
T: Threats
One of the most uses

Question 8

Answer 8

Question 9

Community and Stakeholder Assessment
a) Who is the stakeholder?
b) Make sure that they are involved, but if not?

Answer 9

a) Any person, group, or organization that has a vested interest in the program
b) they do not get a sense of ownership (people will start rejecting things)

Question 10

Review of Literature on Similar Programs

Answer 10

Should be completed prior to strategic planning or beginning any new project or program
Allows project team to identify similar programs

By step 3 you should NOT be looking for
Here you just REVIEW what you found and utilize it

Question 11

EBP: Choose and Move Forward

Answer 11

Identify best practices or evidence-based
examine the existing evidence and practices before beginning the planning

Question 12

Types of Organizational Structures
Matrix chart

Answer 12

focus on both product and function
different skill sets
multiple bosses
decision making can be slow because of the necessity of information-sharing
requires a lot of communication

Question 13

The Flat Model

Answer 13

When a business starts it will probably start out as a flat organizational structure, but as the
business grows it will most likely convert into a TALL structure.
remove hierarchical(階層) layers by flattening
it has a SHORT chain of command
have a wide span of control
More authority and decision-making can occur

When a business starts it will probably start out as a flat organizational structure

Question 14

Centralized chart

Answer 14

a few managers at the top of the hierarchy makes the decisions
top-down control
role conflict is minimized and role expectations are clarified

Question 15

Decentralized chart

Answer 15

decision-making throughout the organization
larger organizations benefit from decentralized decision-making

Question 16

Factors Influencing
Organizational Structures

Answer 16

Environmental changes
Technology
Socio-cultural environment
Size
Repetitiveness of tasks
Trends in organizations

Question 17

a) What is a collective act?
b) Importance of collective act?

Answer 17

a) Activity undertaken by a group of people with a common interest
b) Without collective action, the individual is limited

Question 18

what is shared governance?

Answer 18

shared decision making & accountability
-governance is shared among board members, nurses, physicians, and management

Question 19

Advantages of shared governance

Answer 19

Demands partnerships, equity, accountability, & ownership.
Empowered nurses
Gives nurses more control over their nursing practice

Question 20

what is collective bargaining?

Answer 20

Process
NEGOTIONATION of formal labor agreements
pay, hours of work, & other terms & conditions of employment

Question 21

Is union and collective bargaining the same?

Answer 21

Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their union negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and more.

Question 22

Why do pepole join the union?

Answer 22

Increase their power (they were feeling something was not right so they want power to change it)
oor working conditions (do you have what you need to take of patients)
Job inequities in wages, promotion, & benefits (is the pay FAIR? Promotions?)

Why not?
Fear of employer reprisal
A belief that professionals should not unionize

Question 23

Disadvantage of collective bargaining

Answer 23

Cost money $$$
Potential adversarial relationships
Unpreventable strikes (in Texas you CAN’T strike)
Not seen as professional by many nurses
Union interfere with the management of org.

Question 24

Right-to-work laws in Texas

Answer 24

A person cannot be denied employment because of membership in a labor union
The choice whether to join a union is YOU

Question 25

at will employee

Answer 25

Most workers are under at-will means they can be terminated at any time, for any reason.
Employees under contract, however, have more protections against arbitrary termination.

Question 26

Magnet status

Answer 26

met the nursing excellence requirement set by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Question 27

Goals of the magnet program

Answer 27

Promote quality in an environment
Identify excellence in the delivery of nursing services
Provide a mechanism for the dissemination of best practices in nursing services.

Question 28

How can an institution or hospital win magnet status?

Answer 28

retain 14 forces
demonstrate five key components
1. Quality of nursing leadership
2. Organizational structure
3. Management style
4. Personnel policies and programs
5. Professional models of care
6. Quality of care
7. Quality improvement
8. Consultation and resources
9. Autonomy
10. Community and the hospital
11. Nurses as teachers
12. Image of nursing
13. Interdisciplinary relationships
14. Professional development

Question 29

What is the difference between Magnet status and Pathway excellence?

Answer 29

Magnet/healthcare org for quality outcomes, patient care and nursing excellence
Pathway/ supportive practice environments, including an established shared-governance structure that values nurses’ contributions in everyday decisions