A New CEO Has Been Hired at Valley Hospital Who

question 2

Multiple Choice

A new CEO has been hired at Valley Hospital who proposes to change the centralized organizational structure that was put in place 10 years ago,based on widespread consultation with staff.The proposed structure involves substantial flattening of the organizational structure,with significant decision making being made at the point-of-care and an emphasis on interprofessional collaboration.There is a great deal of discussion about the balance between hospital-wide budget decision making and unit-based decision making.This discussion represents:

• A) Chaos theory.
• B) organizational redesign.
• C) organizational reengineering.
• D) restructuring.

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