Attributes of high-performance organizations (HPOs) include (select all that apply):
a. accreditation by TJC.
b. a commitment to obtaining Magnet de-signation.
c. strategic thinking that anticipates customer needs and market changes.
d. leaders who communicate a strong and clear mission and vision to employees.
e. creative and improvisational problem solving to address failures or near misses.
C, D, E
HPOs are those that have a culture of "building and sustaining a customer focused, team based organization that pays as much attention to results as to process." The following are some of the attributes of an HPO: leaders who communicate a strong and clear mission and vision to em-ployees, strategic thinking that anticipates customer needs and market changes, commitment to ongoing identification of problems and a preoccupation for potential failures, resiliency, flexibil-ity, and creative and improvisational problem solving to address failures or near misses.
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