M.Cur. (Nursing Management) / In this study two decentralised organisation designs in nursing management are investigated. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of two different designs (the territorial matrix) on the attitudes and perceptions of nurses towards their work. A descriptive multiphase investigation was done. In the first phase the attitudes and perceptions of nurses in the territorial design were investigated by using the Michigan Organisational Assessment Scale. In the second phase the territorial design was changed to a nursing matrix design. In the third phase the attitudes and perceptions of nurses were retested by again using the Michigan Organisational Assessment Scale. The fourth phase was used to compare the results gathered in the first and third phases. Phase five was used to describe the two designs by means of a systems analysis. An analysis of the data showed that the operational hypothesis can be accepted, because nurses' attitudes and perceptions were more positive in the matrix design than those in the territorial design. This study was not meant for generalisation purposes, but is a descriptive research method to record the effects of nursing service design on the attitudes and perceptions of nurses.This study is also an effort to describe and document a modern organisational design in nursing management.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:11437 |
| Date | 10 June 2014 |
| Creators | Herselman, Maria Catharina |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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