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ORGANIZING AND STAFFING Flashcards

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a management function that provides the relationship between people and the activities that they will undertake as to fulfill their organizational objectives.

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Organizing

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an entity that results from people joining together in pursuit of a common cause.

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Organization

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defined as self-contained collection of interacting interdependent components, working together toward a common purpose.

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Organizational System

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Organizational Concept

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Herd, Man to Man, and Social Concept

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working class are “faceless automations” who could be coaxed and coerced to perform

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Herd Concept

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-uses authoritarianistic measures in the implementation of rules and regulations and the corresponding punishment.
-the rule is “obey now, question later”
-the leader yields exclusive power to decide and enforce unquestionab

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Herd Concept

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-the working class is under the direct personal relation with his superior
-the superior gives direct delegation of authority and responsibility to the subordinates.

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Man to Man Concept

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-the superiors and subordinates are members of the team
-each problem is viewed in terms of the over-all effect of the laboratory
-the relationship of the members is “Man to his group”

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Social Concept

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Process where group is formed, including the lines of communication channeling of authority, span of control and making decision.

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Organizational Structure

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Types of organizational structure

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Flat, Pyramid, Bureaucratic, Shared Governance

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decentralized, span of control and authority is widened

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Flat OS

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12
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centralized structure

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Pyramid OS

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oldest and simplest form, rule centered, associated with chain of command.

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Bureaucratic OS

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14
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combination of flat and pyramidal type

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Shared Governance

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Characteristic that Represents individual or subunit responsible for a given task

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Division of Labor

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Characteristic Who reports to whom and by what authority

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Chain of Command

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Specific group of people to handle

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Span of control

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Level of management position

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Top, middle, low

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  • Formal – direct rel. , uninterrupted
  • Informal – dotted line, coordinated relationship
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Organizational relationship

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  • officially sanctioned lines of authority assigned by the owners of the organization.
  • the members of this group know whom they work, whom they supervise, how their department relates to other groups and even who supervise their boss
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Formal groups

21
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  • alliances that form outside the boundaries of the formal bureaucracy from the interaction and allegiance of people with common interests.
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Informal groups

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Functions of Organizational System

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Input, Transformation, output mechanism

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  • it is the power of act
  • is linked with power, influence, knowledge, control and with responsibility
  • should go hand-in-hand to ensure harmonious flow of organizational energy toward completion of its task and mission.
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Authority

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TYPES AND ROLES OF AUTHORITY

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  1. Line Authority
  2. Staff Authority
  3. Functional Authority
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Authority taking the straight-line route from administration to dept. head, to supervisor to the staff.

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Line Authority

26
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exercised through such staff department as a business and personnel dept. those that provide supportive services in a more direct fashion

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Staff Authority

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  • exercise control within the boundaries of profession’s specialty
  • this type of authority is shown by when physicians write prescription orders to patient
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Functional Authority

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  • the need to delegate authority and shared responsibility is related to the concept of span of control
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Delegation of Authority

29
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grouping together of related activities to expedite the production process

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Departmentalization

30
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Process of having the decision-making process close to those who are actually performing the work

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Decentralization

31
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States that each individual has only one BOSS

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Unity of Command

32
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involves concept of chain-of-command and
career ladder

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Scalar Principle

33
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number of individuals one person can effectively supervise within the limits of specific work conditions

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Span control

34
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allows the manager and staff to do their job without having to check with a supervisor about every details

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Exception principle

35
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the setting of a long-term goals and objectives for the number and types of personnel needed to meet the labor requirements of the laboratory

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Staffing

36
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matching the people presently working in the laboratory with current workload requirements

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Scheduling

37
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The primary determinant in the staffing decision is the level of service expected from each unit and the resulting workload

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Staffing levels

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The important aspect of staffing is to make certain that employees are properly trained to perform their assignments.

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Performance Training

39
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Jobs are the link between people and organization.

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Job Design

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  • a summary of important or significant about a particular job
    -assist the administration in the determination of salary classification
    -lends orderliness to job performance
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Job Description

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-is a summary in abridged form of the formal education, skills and experience required to perform the duties of the job
-represents the requirements for employment in a given job.
-consists of set of factors or parameters of the personnel to match most efficiently to the demands of the job.
-vital in recruitment to reduce wasteful over and under qualification of applicants

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Job specification

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a physicians or holder of bachelor’s degree or higher in a science discipline with the corresponding experience.

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Director

43
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in a moderate flexibility laboratory, same as director qualification

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Technical Consultant

44
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in high- complexibility laboratories, the same general qualification apply as the technical consultant

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Technical supervisor

45
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a physician or a doctoral level scientist

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Clinical consultant

46
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  • a laboratorian with an associate degree or
    higher in medical laboratory technology - 2 years of training and experience in a
    High-complexity laboratory
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General Supervisor

47
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a person performing tests in high-complexity laboratory must have at least as associate degree

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Testing Personnel

48
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  • The important stop if introducing the employee to his/her new environment comes after selection and hiring process.
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Orientation

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