An article on the health care industry revealed several assumptions that health care administrators have adopted during the last decade.The administrators assume their (1) employees have several interests other than work and will work only to the degree necessary.(2) employees will accept additional responsibilities only if they receive rewards, and (3) employees exhibit little loyalty and will leave employment for reasons that are in their short-term interest.These assumptions lead support to the _____ approach to management.

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The assumptions listed align with Theory X style of management, which posits that employees are inherently lazy, lack ambition, resist change, are not particularly intelligent, and must be coerced or controlled to achieve organizational objectives.

An Article on the Health Care Industry Revealed Several Assumptions