ABSTRACT
The relationship between organizational structure and organizational performance would seem at first to be straightforward and obvious. The more complex organizational structures will result in positive organizational performance (i.e. greater effectiveness or profitability). The premise is that the ability of an organization to achieve its mission successfully should be a result of the organizational structure. It is generally accepted that certain structural configurations are able to achieve certain goals better than others (i.e. a diversified structure as opposed to a simple structure). The research to date indicates that this is not necessarily true. The specific issue examined in this paper will be the effect of structural diversification on performance in industry and healthcare.
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Hospital Administration/standards , Management Audit , Organizational Culture , Personnel Administration, Hospital , Communication , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Efficiency, Organizational , Health Services Research/organization & administration , Hospital Restructuring/organization & administration , Models, Organizational , Operations Research , Organizational Objectives , Task Performance and Analysis , United StatesABSTRACT
A review of the current literature on retiree health benefits finds that supplemental coverage for the majority of Medicare beneficiaries is in the form of employer-provided coverage. Findings in current literature also suggest that Medicare risk contracts can contain costs but efforts must be made to provide quality information to Medicare beneficiaries in order to increase enrollment in HMOs. Finally, a linear relationship is implied between income and the probability of supplementary insurance ownership.
