Organizational Behavior & Processes



Executive Summary

This paper discusses the organizational behavior and processes of The University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources. The University of Michigan Health System (UHMS) is a subsidiary of academic medical center of University of Michigan located in Ann Arbor. . The University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources places extreme emphasis on the significance of strategic designs because it realizes that appropriate strategic designs are extremely important for the purpose of achieving long run success and sustainability within the organization. The University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources is exposed to various institutional challenges which are extremely complex in nature. The human resources community of University of Michigan has initiated various collaborations with educational institutions for the purpose of spreading knowledge related to excellent healthcare service within the organizational premises.

The paper discusses the strategic designing of the organization. Moreover, the political and cultural assessment in relation with the organization is also provided in the paper. The political situation is also facilitating the patients and their families to get improved and enhanced treatments. For instance, the health reforms initiated by President Obama are extremely important to consider while focusing on the political perspective related to the field of healthcare. The American culture is extremely sensitive to the quality of care provision. The services provided by University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources tend to cater all the requirements of the patients by engaging the best possible employees within. The significant findings and issues underlying the organizational behavior and processes are also provided in the paper.

Organizational Behavior & Processes

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the organizational behavior and processes. The company I have chosen is University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources for the purpose of assessing and making relevant recommendations. Being a consultant to the University, I have been asked to make an assessment and recommendations for improvement. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about the strategic design, political assessment, cultural assessment and main issues that are prevailing within the company.

Discussion

Company Overview

The company I have chosen for the purpose of assessing and making recommendations is University of Michigan Healthcare Human Resources. The University of Michigan Health System (UHMS) is a subsidiary of academic medical center of University of Michigan located in Ann Arbor. The University places a great emphasis on the growth and development of its human resources. The University of Michigan Health System (UHMS) is a wide system including various health centers, school of nursing, university hospital, outpatient clinics and many other departments. The University is running in revenues of about $2.1 billion in 2011 (www.hr.umich.edu).

The entire health system is aimed to provide healthcare through new discoveries within the field and also aims to become national leader within the field of health and education. As it is mentioned above the University places great emphasis on the development and wellbeing of its employees, it has established a well maintained human resource departments and a complete web based online information centre which facilitates all the employees ...