SELECTED DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AS PERCEIVED BY ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS OF NURSING PROGRAMS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
Contributors: Ohio State University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Administration.
Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational effectiveness of college/university nursing programs in terms of three dimensions: ability to acquire resources, system openness and community interaction, and organizational health based on the perceptions of administrative leaders of NLN accredited programs. An examination of the external and internal forces relative to organizational effectiveness that impact on the viability of college/university programs is imperative given the prevailing conditions of higher education. Therefore, this study was designed as a first effort to describe organizational effectiveness of nursing education programs in higher education based on the perceptions of the administrative leaders. The data was obtained through use of an adapted mail survey instrument on selected dimensions of organizational effectiveness. Data from 308 (76.8%) responding institutions provided a basis of comparison among programs in four AAUP institutional categories. Analysis indicated college/university nursing programs differ on the organizational effectiveness dimension of ability to acquire resources, system openness, and community interaction, and organizational health. Nursing programs in Specialized/Professional institutions were less similar than the nursing programs in Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Baccalaureate institutions. Responses of nursing programs in all institutional categories to the internal dimension of organizational effectiveness were more favorable than the responses to the external dimensions. There were no statistically significant differences to the internal and external dimensions between nursing programs on the basis of public/private classification. Lastly, the original three dimensions of organizational effectiveness were refined into five factors. Recommendations are made for future research.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-01, Section: A, page: 0093.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0168.