Introduction
An organization is defined as a social entity, which has a purpose or a mission, designed, structured and organized deliberately and has a close connection with its macro environment (Clarity, 2010). An organization has shared elements, which include employees, mission, hierarchy or organization, coordinated efforts and the external environment. The paper reviews the definition of the organizations to identify the five common elements. It will then use the five common elements to analyze the Graceland Memorial Hospital, which is a community-based nonprofit hospital situated in an urban area in Midwest. From the basic definition of the term organization, it ...
