Organizational structure at Oklahoma State University Medical Center

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Organizational Structure

Joy Upshaw

Wesleyan University

Organizational Structure

"Organizational design is the process of constructing and adjusting an organization's structure to achieve its business strategy and goals" (Nelson & Quick, 2011, p. 518). The organization's structure gives it the form to be able to fulfill its function in the environment. The structural configuration is determined by the organization's mission and purpose. An organization must look at its contextual variables and adjust itself to meet the demands and functions.

There are six basic design dimensions that must have a desired level of each structural dimension in order to meet the desired configuration of the organizations. The first dimension is formalization. As a nurse it doesn't matter where you work the role of the nurse is highly regulated by the States Nurse Practice Act. The Nurse Practice Act regulates the scope of practice of a nurse. Oklahoma State University is also regulated by other state and federal authorities such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission, and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). These governing bodies place standards of care that must be met by the hospital, often defining an employees' role.