HEA 478 - Strategic Management in Healthcare » Fall 2021 » Chapter 6 Quiz

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Question #1
Which of the following healthcare organizations are predominantly for-profit?
A.   Acute care hospitals
B.   Hospices
C.   Home health agencies
D.   Pharmaceutical companies
Question #2
Which component of strategic intent probably should be developed first?
A.   Vision
B.   Organizational motto
C.   Organizational values
D.   Mission
Question #3
Which of the following is a major factor affecting the content of a healthcare organization's mission?
A.   The type of personnel the organization employs
B.   The geographic location of the organization
C.   The organization's link to private funds
D.   The organization's status as for-profit or not-for-profit
Question #4
An organization's mission statement should contain
A.   The future market position of the organization
B.   The locus of decision making in the organization
C.   the scope of the organization's products and markets
D.   The organization's key stakeholders
Question #5
Strategic intent includes all of the following but
A.   organizational motto
B.   organizational values
C.   vision
D.   mission
Question #6
Which of the following generally is not a problem with mission statements?
A.   Mission statements are not used to set organizational strategies.
B.   Mission and vision statements are often confused for one another, and they confound employees.
C.   Missions may not include actionable, measurable statements.
D.   Missions statements are too similar across organizations in the same industry.
Question #7
Visions should do all of the following but
A.   be revised at least every two years
B.   guide strategic actions
C.   meet stakeholders' future needs
D.   paint a future that is attainable but challenging to achieve
Question #8
"Isomorphism" refers to
A.   mimicking one's competitors
B.   employees attending similar training
C.   the isolation of mission and values
D.   stakeholders' creation of novel structures

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