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INTRO TO LAB MGT Flashcards

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1.collection, processing, and analysis of biological specimens

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medical laboratory science

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2.performance of lab procedures

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medical laboratory science

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3.evaluate results and interprets lab data

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medical laboratory science

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  1. provides laboratory results and are vital healthcare detectives uncovering and providing laboratory information that aid doctors in px’s diagnosis and treatment.
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medical laboratory services

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5.T/F- medical laboratory services must be accurate, precise and timely.

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False; reliable

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  1. medical laboratory services
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  • clinical chemistry
  • hematology
  • immunoserology
  • microbiology
  • histopathology
  • immunohematology
  • molecular biology
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  1. working with and through people to accomplish common vision, mission and goals
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management

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  1. important statements that define in organization
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VMGs

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  1. statement that looks to the future
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vision

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  1. captures the key elements of the organization’s past and and present
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mission

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11.statement on how you will achieve your vison

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mission

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  1. characteristic of a good mission statement
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emotionally appealing; ethical in nature

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  1. clear and tangible aims
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goals

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  1. statements of what needs to be accomplished to implement the strategy
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goals

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  1. key person in the management team
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manager

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  1. three roles of a manager
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  • person
  • servant
  • representative
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  1. take charge or oversees the functioning of the authority to achieve a set of goals and objectives
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manager

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  1. T/F - a leader is born not made
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False

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  1. runs an organization within the framework of various directives and policies given
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administrator

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  1. T/F- an administrator is the person who establishes the larger goals
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False

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  1. Top administrator or manager of an organization
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CEO

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  1. to whom does the CEO reports to
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Board of Directors

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  1. handles affairs of an organization by establishing goals and priorities
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director

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  1. oversees the activities of employees to help them accomplish specific task
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supervisor

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  1. three categories of resources
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  • financial
  • physical
  • human
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  1. what role does the manager has when he/she is the face of the company
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  • representative
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  1. what role does the manager has when he / she provides the means for the staff to meet the needs of their patient and customers
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  • servant
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  1. laboratory administrator
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  • laboratory director
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  1. T/F- A laboratory director exercises more technical skills and high level of conceptual skills.
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False

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  1. changes in technology, capital investment, services rendered
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  • laboratory director
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  1. chief medical technologist
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  • laboratory manager
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    • create and maintain suitable environment for laboratory personnel to function efficiently
      - plan, organize, direct and control jobs.
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  • laboratory manager
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  1. T/F- a laboratory manager requires high level in both technical and conceptual skills
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True

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  1. focus on people and operational delivery of lab services
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  • laboratory supervisor
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  1. T/F- a laboratory supervisor does not require high technical skills but requires high conceptual skills
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  • False
36
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  1. also called as section heads
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bench level supervisors

37
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  1. exercise large number of technical skills

- assess and trains junior lab personnel

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bench level supervisor

38
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38.T/F- a bench level supervisor requires high level of technical skills

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  • true
39
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  1. ability to conceptualize and apply the management process
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  • organizational skills
40
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  1. understanding of basic theories of human needs
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  • people skills
41
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  1. ensures competencies of the technical staffs by continuing education and training
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people skills

42
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  1. effective use of monetary assets
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financial management skills

43
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  1. management of the physical resources
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technical skills

44
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  1. introduced the concept of management
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Henri Fayol

45
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  1. management should be an orderly process of task and duties
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Henri Fayol

46
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  1. planning was the most important
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Henri Fayol

47
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  1. Father of Scientific Management
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Frederick Taylor

48
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  1. broke down each task to segment
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Frederick Taylor

49
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  1. valued efficiency by identifying and replicating one best way to complete task
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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

50
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  1. regulation and consistency in the workplace
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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

51
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  1. Mother of Modern Management
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Mary Parker Follet

52
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  1. believed that management was the art of getting things done through people
    - management is essentially coordination
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Mary Parker Follet

53
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  1. introduced the role of the management consultant
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Lyndall Urwick

54
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  1. process of examining the organizational aspects of companies and their workflow to explain how institutions functions and how to improve their structural process or performance
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Bureaucracy management theory

55
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  1. there should be chain of command
    - clear definition of authority in the organization
    - they should have only one boss
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  • scalar principle
56
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  1. introduced the concept of specialization
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Adam Smith

57
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  1. looks at the performance and interaction of people within the org
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Organizational Behavior Management

58
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  1. employees are motivated far more by relational factors

- satisfaction of the worker depends on the co worker

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Elton Mayo

59
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  1. developed assumptions about the basic nature of men and proposed two styles of management
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  • Douglas McGregor
60
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  1. This theory is authoritarian in nature
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Theory X

61
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  1. This theory uses participative approach where employees state pride in their work and see it as a challenge
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Theory Y

62
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  1. developed four management systems to describe the relationship of managers and subordinates
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Rensis Likert

63
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  1. RENSIS LIKERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

- leaders have no concern for people and use threats and fear based methods

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  • exploitative-authoritative management
64
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  1. RENSIS LIKERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    - motivates employees through potential punishment and rewards
    - subordinates tend to be competitive then results to conflict
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  • benevolent authoritative management
65
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  1. allows subordinated to gain motivation through rewards occasional punishments and little involvement in decision making
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consultative management

66
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  1. communication flows both downward and upward which allows more cooperation
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consultative management

67
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  1. promotes genuine participation in decision making and goal setting
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participative management

68
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  1. An Austrian American management consultant stated that there are five basic operations in the work of a manager
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Peter Drucker

69
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  1. Five basic operations
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  • setting objectives
  • organizing
    motivating and communciating
  • establishing standards or measurement performance
  • developing people
70
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  1. thinking and analyzing portion of the management process that result in a formal strategy
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planning

71
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  1. Seven steps of Plannig
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-identify goals
-evaluate current situation
- establish time frame
-set objectives
-forecast resource needs
implement plan
-obtain feedback

72
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  1. assembling the necessary resources and people for implementing plan of action
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organizing

73
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  1. two dimensions of organizing
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  • formal hierarchy

- informal relationships

74
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  1. most visible, achieving day to day tasks, also called human factor stage
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directing

75
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  1. process of monitoring the standards, measurements and feedback mechanisms
    - comparing what has actually been accomplished with the original master plan
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controlling

76
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  1. broad, long term ambitions
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goals

77
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  1. specific short term standards
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objectives

78
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  1. Characteristic of a good objectives
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SMART

79
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  1. SMART meaning
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Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound

80
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  1. two basic avenues for implementing a plan
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Tools of persuasion

Tools of Control

81
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  1. a tool that focuses on working with and through people
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tool of persuasion

82
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  1. a tool that involves allocation of resources
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tool of control

83
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  1. when and who introduced the idea of management by objectives
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1960s,Peter Drucker

84
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  1. a program that embodies all of the concepts in the management process
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MBO; MANAGEMNT BY OBJECTIVES

85
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  1. incorporates the principle of planning, organizing, directing and controlling
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MBO

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