Which of the Following Is True with Regard to Use

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true with regard to use of staff positions?

• A) Organizations can lower costs and increase efficiency by employing fewer staff personnel.
• B) When organizations have smaller staff units, they tend to incur high expenditures.
• C) Line personnel provide expert advice and guidance to people in staff positions.
• D) Organizations can create a central core of full time staff personnel to improve efficiency.
• E) Organizations should focus on employing more staff personnel to increase efficiency.

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Definitions:

Negligence

A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances, leading to unintended harm to others.

Proximate Cause

The primary reason something occurred in law, determining liability based on the directness of the relationship between an action and a harm.

Duty of Care

A legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.

Performance-based Regulation

Regulatory approach where entities are measured and rewarded based on their performance outcomes rather than adherence to prescriptive rules.