Chapter 02 Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, Theory and Application 8th Edition

Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, Theory and Application 8th Edition-Bessie L Marquis - Huston

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Chapter 02 Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, Theory and Application 8th Edition

 

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1. Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the management process?
  A) Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating
  B) Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
  C) Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
  D) Organizing, staffing, planning, implementing, and controlling
  Ans: B
  Feedback:
  Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. These are incorporated into what is known as the management process.

 

 

2. What does traditional management science focuses upon?
  A) Meeting worker satisfaction
  B) Delineating barriers to productivity
  C) Using a laissez-faire approach
  D) Encouraging employee participation
  Ans: B
  Feedback:
  Classical, or traditional, management science focuses on production in the workplace and on delineating organizational barriers to productivity. Little attention was given to worker job satisfaction, and workers were assumed to be motivated solely by economic rewards.

 

 

3. What assumption about workers does Theory X hold?
  A) Workers will naturally put forth effort
  B) Workers need threats to be motivated
  C) Workers are diligent and responsible
  D) Workers are in tune with organizational needs
  Ans: B
  Feedback:
  Theory X managers believe that their employees are basically lazy, need constant supervision and direction, and are indifferent to organizational needs.

 

 

4. What does the Hawthorne effect implied about people?
  A) Human beings under investigation will respond to the fact that they are being studied
  B) Production will increase or decrease as light in a factory is increased or decreased
  C) Membership in small groups forms social control
  D) People are inherently good and will seek out work
  Ans: A
  Feedback:
  Hawthorne effect indicated that people respond to the fact that they are being studied, attempting to increase whatever behavior they feel will continue to warrant the attention. The other statements do not reflect implied beliefs about people.

 

 

5. Managing conflict among staff members would occur in which part of the management process?
  A) Planning
  B) Organizing
  C) Directing
  D) Evaluating
  Ans: C
  Feedback:
  Directing sometimes includes several staffing functions. However, this phase’s functions usually entail human resource management responsibilities, such as motivating, managing conflict, delegating, communicating, and facilitating collaboration. Planning encompasses determining philosophy, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and rules; carrying out long- and short-range projections; determining a fiscal course of action; and managing planned change. Organizing includes establishing the structure to carry out plans, determining the most appropriate type of patient care delivery, and grouping activities to meet unit goals.

 

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