Luba Is Developing a Mentoring Program for Her Organization

question 50

Multiple Choice

Luba is developing a mentoring program for her organization. She has put a great deal of effort into making sure that all protégés are matched demographically with their mentor (gender, race, etc) , educating participants about facts such as the reciprocal nature of the relationship, and that the relationship can be used for personal and professional development. In her plans, which of the following myths about mentors has Luba fallen victim of?

• A) A mentor has to be the same gender and race as the protégé.
• B) Mentoring should focus on the professional and not the personal.
• C) Although mentoring can be reciprocal, that is just a by-product. The focus should be on the protégé.
• D) Highly profiled people make the best mentors.

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Definitions:

Support Department

A division within an organization that provides essential services to other departments but does not directly contribute to profit, such as IT or HR.

Cost Allocation

The process of distributing or assigning indirect costs to different departments, products, or projects.

Reciprocal Method

An approach in cost accounting used to allocate service department costs to production departments, considering the mutual services exchanged between service departments.

Reciprocal Services

Refers to the mutual exchange of services between departments within an organization to support each other's operations.