Scenario 6-2 The Shortage of Professionals Is a Well-Documented Global Issue Occurring

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Multiple Choice

Scenario 6-2
The shortage of professionals is a well-documented global issue occurring in countries with aging populations.As a result, an organization such as BCH, a health-care organization that oversees many diverse unionized health services in British Columbia, is experiencing staff shortages in nursing.Patients' waiting times have increased dramatically.Sixty percent of nurses will be eligible for retirement by 2022.Young graduate nurses are moving out of the province to health-care providers that are aggressively recruiting and providing new hires with incentives ranging from flexible work alternatives to educational funding support.Twenty percent of nurses are off the job due to illness or injury.Eighty percent of nurses are single parents, support an elderly parent(s) , or are a primary caregiver.BCH believes that becoming an "employer of choice" is a way to attract and retain its health-care professionals.
-Refer to Scenario 6-2.What is the process when a nurse forms the opinion during recruitment that he or she does not want to work for BCH

• A)negative organizational perceptions
• B)self-selecting out
• C)realistic job preview
• D)negative job expectations

Analyze the effects of different costing methods (plantwide vs. departmental) on job costs.

Understand activity-based costing (ABC) and its application to manufacturing overhead allocation.

Calculate unit product costs using traditional and ABC systems.

Evaluate the impact of unused capacity on overhead rates and costs.

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Definitions:

Operation Management

The administration of business practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible within an organization.

Precedence Diagram

A visual representation tool used in project management to show the sequence of tasks, depicting their order and interdependencies.

Task Times

The duration that is expected or has been historically required to complete specific tasks or operations.

Heuristic

A problem-solving approach that employs practical methods and shortcuts to produce solutions that are good enough under the given circumstances.