Memo Assignment
Sharon Casalotta
HCS514
September 10, 2012
Norma Wright

Memo Assignment

MEMORANDUM
TO: John Doe, CEO
FROM: Sharon C
DATE: September 10, 2012
SUBJECT: Organization Design and Functionality
CC: Norma Wright
This memorandum is to supply an insight of the design and functionality of (ORGANIZATIONS NAME). Its purpose is to provide a simplified overview of the facility’s services and in what way the staff members work together to provide patients with the best services possible.
Organization Design
(ORGANIZATIONS NAME) is a durable medical equipment company within one of the largest not-for-profit health care organizations on Long Island; (ORGANIZATIONS NAME). In the past the company was known as (ORGANIZATIONS NAME) and stood alone, until joining forces with other health care providers under the umbrella of (ORGANIZATIONS NAME). This movement has brought about the centralization of financial decisions, the requests to increase the number of staff members, and personnel rules, regulations, pensions, and insurance benefits. The company is also decentralized allowing management and staff within the company to design internal process and procedures.
The company office and warehouse is in a prime location, right of the Long Island Expressway in Hauppauge. This location provides an easy exit and entrance for the patient service technicians (PST) and for the patients who visit the facility.
Organization Functionality
The company provides services the patients residing at the farthest point of Suffolk County, into Nassau County, Queens, and occasionally Brooklyn. (ORGANIZATIONS NAME) consists of approximately 60 staff members. This total is the product of management, customer service, and the billing, and collections department, respiratory therapist, the PST’s. There is a fleet of 10 box trucks and three vans. The company supplies