A standard used to compare and improve a department's own products or services by measuring them against specified standards.
Key Performance Indicator
Industry Standard
Best Practice
Benchmark
Activities or procedures that are successful in one situation and may be successful in a similar situation in another department or organization
Best Practices
Benchmarks
Recommended Practices
Industry Standards
A predetermined course of action that identifies a key activity and provides a general strategy: a written statement of intent
Procedure
Policy
Competency
Mission
The act of following identified regulations and standards.
Compliance
Accreditation
Plan,Do,Check, Act
The process of assigning authority to subordinates to do work that a manager at a higher organizational level would otherwise do.
Performance Improvement
Planning
Delegation
Democratic Management
Describes a person or department with a vested interest in the successful outcome of a product or service
Stakeholder
Risk Management/Manager
Quality Control Manager
Customer
A federal act that requires hospitals to provide emergency treatment to all individuals regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay
Emergency Medical Treatment And Labor Act (EMTALA)
Fair Care Standards Act (FCSA)
Medicaid (CMS)
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
A strategy that uses open-ended questions during applicant selection, performance appraisal, and other interview to generate information that suggests interviewee reactions to specific situations is called a
Personal Performance-based interview
Behavioral-based interview
Behavior-mapping strategy
Predictive reaction strategy
The process that imposes restrictions on filling vacant positions to manage the costs associated with them
Position Control
Hiring Freeze
Attrition
Budget-Sensitive Hiring
An approach to budget preparation that requires planner to explain all expenses to provide justification for each line item funded with resources allocated accordingly
Real time allocation budget
Line Item Budget
Pay-as-you-go Budget
Zero-Based Budget