MNM3708 ASSIGNMENT 2

The healthcare industry's attempt to reduce the levels of management is referred to as? - correct answerFlattening Meetings, telephone calls, and paperwork tend to be? - correct answerFactors that can waste time and make a manager less effective. Workers are promoted until their performance becomes mediocre. This is called? - correct answerThe Peter Principle The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 calls for? - correct answerThe federal government to balance its budget every year. Job-related stress is damaging to both supervisor and workers because? - correct answerIt reduces efficiency, productivity and can lead to accidents and mistakes. Delegating tasks to employees is important because? - correct answerIt provides an opportunity for employees to learn, grow and develop. Someone who has a "wheelbarrow" personality is someone who? - correct answerSeemingly cannot do anything unless someone else does the pushing. The first-line manager is the? - correct answerManager at the lowest level of supervision. One of the shifts in the health care industry involves? - correct answerThe move from job security to no guarantee of employment. All of the following are essential functions of a supervisor except for? - correct answerControlling The "working trap" refers to the idea that? - correct answerManagers get so caught up doing the work, that they are not effective managers. The process of delegation involves all of the following steps except for? - correct answerCondemning and correcting. Good supervisors are those who exhibit the following qualities except for? - correct answerA style of leadership that involves micromanaging employees. One of the issues that prevent managers from being effective supervisors is? - correct answerFear of failure If a position is considered a "line function", that position? - correct answerInvolves the doing of the work that the organization is there to do. Stress can be defined as? - correct answerThe adverse reaction we have in response to internal and external pressures or demands.