Nursing Management Functions – Planning – Study Guide & Practice Questions
is a process by which a cooperative group directs actions towards common goals - ANS
✔✔Management
According to ________ and ________ , management is a classic three-fold concept :
1. Economic resource
2. System of authority
3. An elite class - ANS ✔✔Harbizon and Myers
From the sociologists' point of view, management is a class and status system. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
What are the Roles of Managers? - ANS ✔✔1. Interpersonal role
(As a symbol, As a leader, As a liaison)
2. Informational role
(Monitors information, Disseminates information, As a spokesperson)
3. Decisional role
(An entrepreneur, A trouble-shooter, As negotiator)
Fundamental Skills of a Manager (Katz) - ANS ✔✔1. Technical
2. Human
3. Conceptual
Fundamental Skills of a Manager ( Summer) - ANS ✔✔1. Knowledge
, 2. Ability
3. Attitude
Is defined as pre-determining the course of action in order to arrive at a desired result. It is the
continuous process of assessing, establishing goals and objectives, implementing and evaluating
them, and subjecting these to change as new facts are known. - ANS ✔✔Planning
___________ is critically important to and proceeds all other management function - ANS
✔✔Planning
T or F? Without adequate planning, the management process fails and organizational needs and
objectives cannot be met. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Planning may be defined as deciding in advance......... - ANS ✔✔what to do
who is to do it
how
when and where is it to be done.
Planning involves choosing among ____________. - ANS ✔✔alternatives
7 Principles of Planning - ANS ✔✔1. Planning is always based and focused on the vision,
mission, philosophy, and clearly defined objectives of the organization.
2. Planning is a continuous process.
3. Planning should be pervasive within the entire organization covering the various
departments, services, and the different levels of management to provide maximal cooperation
and harmony.
is a process by which a cooperative group directs actions towards common goals - ANS
✔✔Management
According to ________ and ________ , management is a classic three-fold concept :
1. Economic resource
2. System of authority
3. An elite class - ANS ✔✔Harbizon and Myers
From the sociologists' point of view, management is a class and status system. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
What are the Roles of Managers? - ANS ✔✔1. Interpersonal role
(As a symbol, As a leader, As a liaison)
2. Informational role
(Monitors information, Disseminates information, As a spokesperson)
3. Decisional role
(An entrepreneur, A trouble-shooter, As negotiator)
Fundamental Skills of a Manager (Katz) - ANS ✔✔1. Technical
2. Human
3. Conceptual
Fundamental Skills of a Manager ( Summer) - ANS ✔✔1. Knowledge
, 2. Ability
3. Attitude
Is defined as pre-determining the course of action in order to arrive at a desired result. It is the
continuous process of assessing, establishing goals and objectives, implementing and evaluating
them, and subjecting these to change as new facts are known. - ANS ✔✔Planning
___________ is critically important to and proceeds all other management function - ANS
✔✔Planning
T or F? Without adequate planning, the management process fails and organizational needs and
objectives cannot be met. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Planning may be defined as deciding in advance......... - ANS ✔✔what to do
who is to do it
how
when and where is it to be done.
Planning involves choosing among ____________. - ANS ✔✔alternatives
7 Principles of Planning - ANS ✔✔1. Planning is always based and focused on the vision,
mission, philosophy, and clearly defined objectives of the organization.
2. Planning is a continuous process.
3. Planning should be pervasive within the entire organization covering the various
departments, services, and the different levels of management to provide maximal cooperation
and harmony.
