Examine the organizational structure and discuss the components as the various subsystem structures for a health-related organization where you work or practice.

Goals and Values

Components

Key statement in mission, philosophy, purpose

Humanistic or mechanistic

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Technical

Components

Knowledge and skills of people

Physical resources; capital, equipment, information systems, services, assets

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Psychosocial

Components

Values

Interdisciplinary relationships

Organizational culture

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Structural

Components

Complex or Simple Bureaucratic or organic (type)

Organizational functions: Goals

Levels of operation

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Managerial

Components

Centralized or decentralized (why)

Tall or flat (describe)

Prevailing managerial theory(ies) practiced

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Immediate Environment

Components

Service area

Geography

Client population

Provider groups

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External Environment

Components

Market forces

Payment systems

Other factors

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