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Brightwell Hospital Trust appoints Priya as head of a new digital-records programme. She is asked to meet a fixed budget, deliver to a timetable and report variances to the board. Which statement most accurately characterises her role in terms of leadership versus management?

Priya's role is primarily management, because delivering to a fixed budget and timetable and reporting variances involves planning, resource control and monitoring against targets. Leadership qualities such as inspiring staff may help, but the duties described are the core of management rather than visioning or change leadership.

  1. AIt is primarily a management role, as it centres on planning, resource control and monitoring against targetsCorrect
  2. BIt is purely a leadership role, since any programme requires inspiring vision
  3. CIt is neither, because it is an administrative function
  4. DIt is a leadership role because she reports to the board

Explanation

Fixed budgets, timetables and variance reporting are classic management activities of planning, organising and controlling. Leadership may still help, but the described duties are predominantly managerial. Reporting to the board does not make a role leadership.

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