Given the current structure of your chosen org., decide whether a redesign (organizational structure change) would help your organization compete more effectively, or reach its mission and values more successfully. Think about reporting relationships and how departments need to work together to achieve results. Your org chart that you retrieved helps you to see the current structure. Now, you must consider what the functions and vision are for the organization and if its structure should change to achieve results. Apply the tenets learned and the grounds and warrants’ principles discussed in the introduction of the course (critical thinking) to defend your position.
Your paper must include the following:
• Describe the current structure of your chosen organization and identify if a redesign (organizational structure change) would be more effective to reach its mission and values more successfully.
• Analyze and compare the current structure with the potential redesigned structure and decide whether or not a redesign or changes would improve results. The analysis should Include information from reporting relationships, how departments function, what department interfaces need to be and what reporting relationships should be.
• Apply the tenets learned and the grounds and warrants’ principles, that support critical thinking to defend your position.
Use at least five scholarly references, excluding the text to support your stance. APA format is a must. Paper should be 4-5 pgs. Make sure you include your organizational chart in an Appendix of your paper. It does not count towards the page count. TOTAL POINTS=40
Associated PLOs
• #2 Effectively communicate in all forms of expression to relate facts, simplify complexity, customize, and create persuasive arguments for the target audience to improve organizational function and/or to transform organizational vision for all stakeholders.
• #5 Evaluate political, economic, social, technological, workforce, legal, ethical and regulatory factors that impact systems, organizations, communities and individuals at multiple levels along the health care continuum.
• #7 Demonstrate leadership excellence through abilities and behaviors, which include establishing a vision and inspiring and supporting others to work towards that shared vision and related goals.
• #8 Evaluate alternative organizing structures and use organization structure to design performance improvement strategies.
Corresponding Competencies:
• HS1: Apply management theories, approaches, and core functions to routine operations and to current and emerging issues in the health care environment.
• IE2: Translate the results of complex analyses into information that illustrates potential problems and opportunities in a persuasive, meaningful way.
• HS4: Make specific changes in the system or in own work methods to improve performance through evidence-based information and statistical metrics; pursue improvements to make systems work better, faster, at lower cost, more efficiently, and/or more reliably.
