In an Effort to Control Costs and Maximize Revenues,the Rehabilitation

question 11

Multiple Choice

In an effort to control costs and maximize revenues,the Rehabilitation Unit at Cross Hospital reduced the number of its managers and increased the number of units for which each manager was responsible.Within a year,the number of adverse events on the units had doubled.How do the increase in adverse events relate to decreased managers?

• A) The overload of staff nurse duties
• B) Resistance to change by staff
• C) A change in reporting system for everyone
• D) Fewer clinical leaders facilitate best practice

Explain the role of objectivity in management accounting and ethical considerations in decision-making.

Identify the influence of external factors and concepts like contingency theory on management accounting systems.

Understand the differences and responsibilities between staff and line management in organizations.

Grasp the concept of value creation beyond shareholder value to include broader business impacts.

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Definitions:

Conventional

Pertaining to what is considered typical, traditional, or in accordance with established norms and standards.

Postconventional

Referring to the stage of moral development at which an individual's sense of ethics comes from internal beliefs that transcend societal norms and laws.

Intentional

Done on purpose; deliberate.

Threatening

The act of expressing or implying harm to intimidate or coerce someone.