A nursing home unit manager with 20 employees is told that her personnel budget will not be increased in the next fiscal year. However, her unit is expected to provide 5% more services than in the current fiscal year. Which of these processes is most likely to achieve those goals?
A) Requiring staff to work 2 hours of overtime on average each week
B) Telling staff to "work smarter, not harder"
C) Reducing full-time positions and adding part-time positions with no benefits
D) Adding an employee but reducing everyone's pay by 5%

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Reducing full-time positions and adding part-time positions with no benefits can help manage the budget by lowering overall personnel costs, allowing the unit to provide more services without increasing the budget. This approach can be more cost-effective than paying overtime, reducing pay across the board, or simply urging staff to increase efficiency without a concrete strategy.

A Nursing Home Unit Manager with 20 Employees Is Told