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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:

Free-Black Communities

Social and economic enclaves formed by African Americans who were not enslaved, often found in Northern states and some Southern cities before the Civil War.

Racial Residential Segregation

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Black-Run Institutions

Organizations or establishments operated and managed primarily by people of African descent.

African Descent

Relating to people whose ancestors were native to the African continent, often used in the context of discussions on race and identity.