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

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