A primary care clinic is established in Pleasantville to provide compr

QUESTION

A primary care clinic is established in Pleasantville to provide comprehensive services to infants, children, and families within the community.

The executive director of the clinic oversees physician and nursing services for infants, children, and families; a neurodevelopmental clinic; psychology, family counseling, and social work services; nutritional counseling; speech and hearing services; and physiotherapy. This type of organizational structure is known as:

a. Hierarchical.
b. Bureaucratic.
c. Service-line.
d. Matrix

ANSWER:

ANS: C
In service-line structures (sometimes called product lines), the functions necessary to produce a specific service or product are brought together into an integrated organizational unit under the control of a single manager or executive.