Nursing Leadership and Management (Organizing Function) – Nursing Study Guide, Concepts
and Practice Review
Organizing - correct answer ✔✔Establishing a formal structure that provides the best possible
coordination or use of resources to accomplish the objective
Organization - correct answer ✔✔Signifies an institution or functional group with a formal
intentional structure of roles and position
Formal Structure - correct answer ✔✔Relationships are defined, procedures are outlined,
equipment is readied and task are assigned
Informal Structure - correct answer ✔✔Unplanned and convert, with informal authority and
lines of communication
Organizational structure - correct answer ✔✔Mechanism through which work is arranged and
distributed among members of the organization so the goals can be logically achieved
Organizational Chart - correct answer ✔✔Document that shows how each position is linked to
others in the organization
Broken Line - correct answer ✔✔Coordinates informal relationship
Solid Line - correct answer ✔✔Supervisory, formal relationship
Boxes - correct answer ✔✔Division of work
Lines - correct answer ✔✔Chain of command
, Labels - correct answer ✔✔Type of work performed
Clusters - correct answer ✔✔Grouping of work
Vertical or heirarchal - correct answer ✔✔Flow is from top to bottom
Horizontal - correct answer ✔✔Flow is from left to right
Circular - correct answer ✔✔CNO is in the middle to coordinate with different units.
Contemporary type of organizational structure
Centralized - correct answer ✔✔Responsibility is assumed and confined to the authority level
Decentralized - correct answer ✔✔A behavioral system whereby the larger structures are
broken down to small units
Matrix - correct answer ✔✔Provides for both hierarchal (vertical) coordination in the separate
departments as well as lateral (horizon) coordination across departments
Ad Hoc Design - correct answer ✔✔Temporary to facilitate a project completion within a formal
line organization - project team or task approach
Line Organization - correct answer ✔✔Each position has general authority over the lower
position in the heirarchy
Staff - correct answer ✔✔Purely advisory, broken line, no authority
and Practice Review
Organizing - correct answer ✔✔Establishing a formal structure that provides the best possible
coordination or use of resources to accomplish the objective
Organization - correct answer ✔✔Signifies an institution or functional group with a formal
intentional structure of roles and position
Formal Structure - correct answer ✔✔Relationships are defined, procedures are outlined,
equipment is readied and task are assigned
Informal Structure - correct answer ✔✔Unplanned and convert, with informal authority and
lines of communication
Organizational structure - correct answer ✔✔Mechanism through which work is arranged and
distributed among members of the organization so the goals can be logically achieved
Organizational Chart - correct answer ✔✔Document that shows how each position is linked to
others in the organization
Broken Line - correct answer ✔✔Coordinates informal relationship
Solid Line - correct answer ✔✔Supervisory, formal relationship
Boxes - correct answer ✔✔Division of work
Lines - correct answer ✔✔Chain of command
, Labels - correct answer ✔✔Type of work performed
Clusters - correct answer ✔✔Grouping of work
Vertical or heirarchal - correct answer ✔✔Flow is from top to bottom
Horizontal - correct answer ✔✔Flow is from left to right
Circular - correct answer ✔✔CNO is in the middle to coordinate with different units.
Contemporary type of organizational structure
Centralized - correct answer ✔✔Responsibility is assumed and confined to the authority level
Decentralized - correct answer ✔✔A behavioral system whereby the larger structures are
broken down to small units
Matrix - correct answer ✔✔Provides for both hierarchal (vertical) coordination in the separate
departments as well as lateral (horizon) coordination across departments
Ad Hoc Design - correct answer ✔✔Temporary to facilitate a project completion within a formal
line organization - project team or task approach
Line Organization - correct answer ✔✔Each position has general authority over the lower
position in the heirarchy
Staff - correct answer ✔✔Purely advisory, broken line, no authority
