ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

Organizational Design, Culture and Adaptation

Organizational Design, Culture and Adaptation

Introduction

In today's world, there are numerous healthcare programs that have been modifying their operational culture and design in order to adapt to the financial viability as well as to be self-centered (Likert, 1961). Organizational design is a guided and formal process that integrates information, people and the use of technology in an organization. Organizational design is used to in order to match the organizations very closely so that it helps achieve the tasks of the organization. Organizational culture is a set of understandings on which the actions of an organization are based. The culture of an organization is the standards, through which people associated to the organization perceive, believe, evaluate and act. Organizational adaptation, the people working with an organization are to adapt to the culture as well as the design of the organization. This is done in order to improve the productivity of the organization and improve the reputation of the company.

For this purpose, I have chosen HFHS (Henry Ford Health System), which has been adapting to different factors of organizational culture and design. Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is the country's leading integrated and comprehensive health systems. It provides superior healthcare services, including specialty, acute, preventive and primary healthcare services backed by excellent education and research. The system's main focus is to provide improved quality healthcare services. It has more than 19,261 full-time employees, scientists and physicians from 60 countries across the globe. Last year, in 2010, approximately 3.2million patients, visited the various healthcare services units of the system, and about 88,000 surgical operations at HFHS.

Discussion

At HFHS, the patient has kept as their top priority. The management has made sure that the quality and patient safety are the top most priority for the health system.

Values

Henry Ford Health System is:

Intentionally patient centered

Committed to the highest possible quality health care for all

An employer that recognizes the quality of its employees and helps them to reach their potential

Committed to a healthy community that encourages individual responsibility.

A prudent steward of health care resources

Quality and Patient Safety

HFHS have provided prudent, quality, patient-centered care to every patient we serve, every time we serve them.

Strategy A-Achieve accreditation

Strategy B-Develop and implement the HFHS Quality Index.

Strategy C-Develop cultivate and promote a Culture of Safety at HFHS.

Performance Improvement

HFHS has fully embrace performance improvement as the means to achieving clinical and operational excellence. Strategy A-Align quality and LEAN ...