A community-owned hospital has been purchased by a health care conglomerate. The staff is aware that the organizational theory governing the hospital is likely to change
Which statement indicates a lack of understanding of organizational theory on the part of a staff nurse? 1. "If our new bosses want a classical organization, we can expect a strong hierarchy."
2. "If we don't want to see lots of changes, we should hope our new bosses don't like chaos theory."
3. "If this new company is based on systems theory, there will be a lot of focus on how much work we can produce."
4. "If this new company is based on contingency theory, we will see lots of focus on how our environment impacts our work."
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Rationale 1: Classical organizational theory focuses on structure with a strong hierarchy.
Rationale 2: Those who support chaos theory believe that organizational function and integrity must be guided by flexibility, fluidity, speedy adaptability, and cultural sensitivity. Change is inevitable and embraced.
Rationale 3: Systems theory focuses on "input" or resources, "throughput" or the work done, and "output" or the product of the work.
Rationale 4: Contingency theory posits that organization performance can be enhanced by matching an organization's structure to its environment.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).