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| Include a common understand of "who we are" (mission) and "what we are trying to accomplish" (vision and goals) and the belief in the values of the organization |
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| Represent the understanding of "the way we do things" and may or may not reflect the organizations "stated" values- it is the actual members values that create the organizations culture. |
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| Behavioral expectations that are common among the members of a group are the visible consequence resulting from the informal conciousness. |
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| Implicit, invisible, intrinsic and informal conciousness of the organization that guides the behavior of individuals and shapes itself out of their behavior. May be thought of as share assumptions, shared values and behavioral norms. Possesses three important characteristics- culture is learned, culture is shared and culture is both subjective and objective |
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| Organize activities around the mission-critical activities or processes of the organization and are the most prevalent structures for single product/service and narrowly focused organizations. |
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| Common in organizations that have grown through diversification, vertical integration, and aggressive market or product development. Breaks the organization down into smaller more manageable parts. |
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| Most appropriate when organizations have numerous products or projects that draw on common functional expertise. Organize around problems to be solved rather than functions or products or geography. |
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| Mixing and supplementing the basic design of healthcare organizations |
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| Coordinating structures made up of a system of task forces, committes, and ad hoc groups used to bring different perspectives on issues to the table for discussion and resolution. Includes project and product teams, cross-functional task forces, venture teams, reengineering teams, and executive and standing committees. |
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| Include financial, human, information systems,and technology |
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| Strategic Information System (SIS)/ Decision Support System |
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| Attempts to take vast quantities of unorganized data and turn them into useful information to enable managers to make better decisions. Involves organizing data, selecting the models that will analyze the data and interpreting the output. |
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| Concern the type of facilites, type of sophistication of equipment, and management of technology employed within the organization. |
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| Value Adding Support Strategies |
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| Includes the organizations culture, structure and strategic resources |
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