title: Relationship between organizational structure and creativity in teaching hospitals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Organization structure and manpower constitute two basic components of anorganization and both are necessary for stablishing an organization. The aim of this survey was to investigate the type of the organization structure (mechanic and organic) from viewpoint of senior and junior managers in Shiraz teaching hospitals and creativity in each of these two structures.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study, organization structure and organizational creation questionnaires were filled out by hospital managers. According to the statistical consultation and due to limited target population, the entire study population was considered as sample. Thus, the sample size in this study was 84 (12 hospitals and every hospital, n = 7). For data analysis, SPSS 14 was used and Spearman correlation coefficient and t-test were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RESULTS showed that there is a negative association between centralization and complexity with organizational creation and its dimensions. Also there was a negative association between formalization and 4 organizational creation dimensions: reception change, accepting ambiguity, abet new view and less control outside (p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study showed that the creation in hospitals with organic structure is more than that in hospitals with mechanic structure.
authors.affiliation: Quality improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rezaee
authors.affiliation: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Saadat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marhamati
authors.affiliation: Quality improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nabeiei
authors.affiliation: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Raheleh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marhamati
keywords: Hospital; Management; Organization