The definition

The organizational structure is the formal framework through which management takes its place through an illustrative drawing that defines the relationships, by describing the various centers that define the scope of responsibilities and authority, the scope of supervision, and the vertical and horizontal relationships between these divisions.

Types of organizational structure:

1) The formal organizational structure

2) Informal organizational structure

Formal organizational structure:

The formal organizational structure is defined by the executive authority as a result of planning. It draws and clarifies the relationship between people, their positions, responsibilities, and the relationship between them.

Informal organizational structure:

It includes personal and social relationships that do not appear in the formal organizational structure drawing.

Steps to prepare the organizational structure:

· Determine the purpose of the hospital.

· Determine the sub-goals necessary to achieve the goal.

· Identifying the necessary activities and implementing sub-goals, for example (nursing/laboratory/nutrition activities...).

· Determine the work required to implement aspects of the activities.

· Grouping work into positions such as doctors/nursing personnel/technicians/heads/heads of units/specialties/supervisory/technical categories).

· Grouping jobs into departments, for example (nursing jobs).

· Grouping departments into departments and sectors and then grouping them under one executive body, such as the Directorate of Health Affairs/Treatment Institution/Health Insurance

· Preparing an administrative organization guide that explains the rules, regulations, rules and instructions, the most important of which is the organizational structure.

NB :

1-    The number of department supervisors is determined according to the hospital’s organizational divisions, according to the location of the departments, the number of beds, and the type of specialties.

2-     The number of female heads/heads of departments is determined according to the organizational divisions of the different departments in the hospital.

3-     The number of male/female supervisors, department heads, and nursing staff members and their assistants in shifts and night shift hours is determined for each hospital, according to the workload in each of them.

Organizational Chart

For the nursing department of a large general or specialized hospital