The hospital must reduce the number of readmissions from 11% to 8% in the next year. Which of the following best represents the transformational leadership style in accomplishing this goal?
a. The director communicates the goal of reducing readmissions to the hospital operations team and tells them to submit their action plan by the end of the week.
b. The organization charters three work teams to identify solutions for the top three causes for readmissions. These teams are given full authority to implement their solution.
c. The director of quality develops a vision statement and action plan to achieve the goal. The director works directly with the involved departments to implement the action plan.
d. The CEO communicates the goal to the organizational directors and managers and states that they are entrusted to solve the problem.
ANS: C
Transformational leaders communicate a vision and motivate employees to accomplish the goal. The director who communicates the goal of reducing readmissions to the hospital operations team and tells them to submit their action plan by the end of the week leaves the solution to achieve the goal to the followers to develop without motivating them. The solution that is left to the work teams to resolve is not an example of transformational leadership. The CEO entrusts the managers and directors to solve the problem without giving them a vision or engaging in the solution with them.
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