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question 112

Multiple Choice

Like most large U.S. hospitals, University Health Care System spends an enormous amount on patient supplies. The hospital has more than 15,000 individual products that are purchased on a routine basis. Its purchasing manager instituted a hospital-wide purchasing policy that gave a specific code to each individual item. In other words, the purchasing manager engaged in ____.

• A)consistency planning
• B)organizational autonomy
• C)standardization
• D)problem empowerment
• E)procedural planning

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Definitions:

Built-in Stabilizer

Economic policies or instruments, like progressive taxation and welfare, that automatically reduce the amplitude of economic fluctuations without additional government intervention.

Progressive Income Tax

A tax system in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases, generally applied to income tax to ensure higher earners pay a larger percentage of their income.

Unemployment Compensation

Unemployment Compensation is a government-provided financial assistance to individuals who have lost their job through no fault of their own, aiming to support them temporarily.

Tax Revenue

The income that is collected by the government through various forms of taxes, used to fund public services and obligations.