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Question 1

The discipline of laboratory can be viewed as a

bridging endeavor linking the

Answer 1

basic medical,
biologic and physical science with medical
practice.

Question 2

The activities in clinical laboratories are

divided into four categories:

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1. Administration
2. Patient care service
3. Research
4. Teaching

Question 3

_____ is among the
hospital services that produce some of
the revenue needed to offset hospital
costs for which patients are not billed.

Answer 3

The clinical laboratory

Question 4

____ also conducts
thousands of tests on blood, tissues and
various body fluids.

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The laboratory department

Question 5

PERFORMS COMPLEX ANALYSES AND

EXAMINATIONS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING:

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• To confirm clinical impression or
establish diagnosis
• To rule out a diagnosis
• To monitor therapy (management
guide)
• To establish prognosis
• To screen for or detect disease

Question 6

The efficient operation of a clinical laboratory
and the effective delivery of medical
laboratory services to the clinicians ad their
patient require a complex inter-digitations of:

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a) Expertise in medical, scientific and
technical areas
b) Resources in the form of personnel,
laboratory and data processing
equipment, supplies and facilitates
c) Skills in organization, management and
communication

Question 7

What is management?

Answer 7

Working with and through people to
accomplish a common mission is usually
the core of the short descriptions that
have been proposed.

Question 8

FIVE INGREDIENTS AND/OR CONDITIONS
NECESSARY FOR MANAGEMENT TO
SUCCEED WHICH INCLUDES:

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Mission
Authority
Resources
Responsibility
Accountability

Question 9

goal that the organization sub-unit expects

to accomplish

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Mission

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needed to direct the team toward the

goal

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Authority

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includes people, equipment, supplies

and money

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Resources

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for achieving the goals assigned

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Responsibility

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for using the resources established

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Accountability

Question 14

____ is working with and through

people to accomplish a common mission

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Management

Question 15

is a distinct process consisting of
planning, organizing, actuating (leading) and
controlling, which are performed to determine
and accomplish the objectives by the use of
people and resources.

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Management

Question 16

is the effective motivation of men
and the efficient utilization of resources for the
attainment of a pre-determined objective.

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Management

Question 17

NATURE OF MANAGEMENT

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Management is both an art and science.

Question 18

MANAGEMENT is an art because

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it results in the accomplishment of
objective by the use of human efforts. It requires skill
and careful study of its application.

Question 19

MANAGEMENT is a science

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because it is a systematic body of
knowledge. It gathers and analyzers facts and
formulates general law or principles from these facts.

Question 20

As an art and science,

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management seeks to integrate
into a unified, coordinated whole of all the essential
factors that make up an organization.

Question 21

The functions of management refer to those
distinctive activities that must be carried
out by the manager if the objectives of an
organization are to be achieved. These
functions of management may be grouped
into

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planning, organizing, directing and

controlling.

Question 22

Is a mental effort by which executives anticipate the
possible causes or factors that may effect or change
the activities and objectives of a particular
organization.

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PLANNING

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It controls the nature and direction of change and
determines what measures or actions are necessary
to accomplish predetermined goals.

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PLANNING

Question 24

In ___, efforts should include several possible
alternative sources of action that may be taken
under varying conditions. From these alternatives,
the best course of action under the circumstances
will be considered.

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PLANNING

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Is the grouping together of men and
establishing relationships among them,
defining the authority and responsibility to
the personnel, who are to perform the
work in order to use maximum advantage
of the laboratory’s material resources in
the attainment of a common objective.

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ORGANIZING

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Refers to the way of getting all personnel
in an organization to accomplish what
management desires.

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DIRECTING

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It is telling what each man should do and

making him like doing it.

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DIRECTING

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It involves both motivation and

communication.

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DIRECTING

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Means checking the work
accomplished against plans or
standards, and making
adjustments or corrections when
new developments or unforeseen
circumstances necessitate.

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CONTROLLING

Question 30

The bases for controlling

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standard quantity,
standard time
standard cost.

Question 31

Three aspects are involved IN CONTROLOLING namely:

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1. Planned performance
2. Measure of actual performance
3. Corrective measures

Question 32

AS A LEADER OF ORGANIZATIONS,
MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY
BASIC ROLES SUCH AS:

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1. As a PERSON
2. As a SERVANT
3. As a REPRESENTATIVE

Question 33

• The manager is first and foremost a person. Like
other people, have similar fears, dreams, hoes,
difficulties, potentials, expectations and
weaknesses as well.
• There seemed to be “natural leaders” with inborn
skills however, without an understanding of the
management process, they soon fail when put in
situations that require exacting attention to detail.

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1. As a PERSON

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• Managers must become a supporter
of their staff and provide the means
for the staff to meet the needs of
their patient and customers.
• This is necessary for the organization
to function well.

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2. As a SERVANT

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• They too may quickly run into trouble when
required to interact with or direct a group of
people. The ability to deal with both people
and things is essential to management.
Indeed, managers are made not born.

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2. As a SERVANT

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• The manager is paid representative
of the owners of the people he
supervise and presenting their
concerns to the owners.

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AS A REPRESENTATIVE

Question 37

A _____is an individual whose job is to guide the
organization to attain its objectives. He performs
the function of planning, organizing, directing and
controlling the work of his subordinates. The term
manager is commonly confused with director,
administrator and supervisor.

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manager

Question 38

A __directs the affair of an organization by
establishing goals and priorities that determine the
direction the organization will take. The director
might not directly supervise or manager in a
technical sense his role is primarily one of broad
policy making.

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director

Question 39

An ___ administers or runs an
organization within the framework of the
various directives and policies given to him.

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administrator

Question 40

A ____ oversees the activities of others to
get them to accomplish specific tasks or to
perform scheduled activities most efficiently.

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supervisor

Question 41

A ____ takes charge of the management or
oversees the functioning of an activity to
achieve a set of goals or purposes. His strength
is in his ability to use all of his resources to get
things done properly. In reality, everyone who
has responsibility for a section, an office, a
laboratory, any activity- functions as a manager.

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manager