The chief nursing officer and the dean of the School of Nursing believe that by establishing rules and regulations and controlling the environment, this partnership will:
a. Promote professional medical authority, autonomy, and responsibility.
b. Need a degree of flexibility to engender success.
c. Be essential for self-governance.
d. Provide for the establishment of medical committees.
ANS: B
Bureaucratic structures have a centralized command structure (chain of command). with a clear division of labor and well-articulated and commonly accepted expectations for performance. Rules, standards, and protocols ensure uniform actions and limit individualization of services and variance in workers' performance. Although bureaucracy enhances consistency, by nature, it limits employees' autonomy and thus the potential for innovations.
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