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| A. planning B. scheduling work C. staffing D. monitoring performance E. initiating change |
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| A. sociocultural B. technological C. demographic D. political-legal E. media |
Options:
| A. made it harder for people worldwide to see how others work and live. B. strengthened national boundaries and made countries more self-contained. C. created a borderless world with global competitors, customers, and citizens. D. ensured that the U.S. is unrivaled by other companies in all industries. E. made the real flow of financial activity align with political boundaries between countries. |
C. created a borderless world with global competitors, customers, and citizens.
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| A. hiring investigators to examine the competitor’s trash B. entering a competitor’s production plant without authorization C. redirecting a competitor’s emails to one’s own company D. attending trade show presentations given by a competitor’s employees |
D. attending trade show presentations given by a competitor’s employees
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| A. building communication networks that include employees. B. developing open, supportive supervisors. C. moving responsibility from both managers and staff to production employees. D. building high-morale organizations. E. All of the above are techniques for employee empowerment. |
E. All of the above are techniques for employee empowerment.
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| A. inventory has limited value after a certain period of time. B. it has the largest EOQ sizes. C. the order quantity should usually equal the expected value of demand. D. supply is limited. E. the cost of a shortage cannot be determined accurately. |
A. inventory has limited value after a certain period of time.
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| A. Rules need to be revised to adjust to changes in orders, product mix, and so forth. B. Rules may not recognize idle resources. C. Rules may not recognize bottleneck resources D. Rules may not be able to prioritize two jobs with identical due dates. E. All of the above are limitations. |
E. All of the above are limitations.
Options:
| A. the number and significance of markets that a firm competes in with rivals. B. the number and significance of points in common a firm has with its rivals. C. the extent to which the type of a firm’s internal resources are comparable to a rival. D. the extent to which the amount of a firm’s internal resources are comparable to a rival. E. none of the above |
A. the number and significance of markets that a firm competes in with rivals.
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Options:
| A. It exists just in case something goes wrong. B. It is the minimum inventory necessary to keep a perfect system running. C. It hides variability. D. It is minimized with large lot production. E. It increases if setup costs decrease. |
B. It is the minimum inventory necessary to keep a perfect system running.
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Options:
| A. Subcontracting B. back-ordering during high-demand periods C. changing inventory levels D. varying workforce size |