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

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