General Hospital (Scenario) Maha Is a Registered Nurse in Charge of a New

General Hospital (Scenario)
Maha is a registered nurse in charge of a new unit at her hospital. She would like to have a more laid back approach in dealing with her new staff, but the hospital demands that there be strict hierarchical levels and that all decisions must be signed off by Maha. Sometimes this drives Maha crazy-the constant filling out of forms, and so forth. She also feels that the numerous levels of hierarchy are unnecessary and place barriers between herself and her staff. She isn't sure why things have to be so "organized" and is thinking about speaking with her boss in an attempt to change her unit so that it has more flexibility and fewer rules.
-Maha is very concerned about the formal framework by which job tasks within her nursing unit are divided, grouped, and coordinated within her unit. This framework is known as the unit's __________.

A) span of control
B) organizational structure
C) staff
D) formal organizational chart