Rising Customer Expectations, Evolving Employee Goals and Ambitions, and Tighter

question 45

Multiple Choice

Rising customer expectations, evolving employee goals and ambitions, and tighter government legislation and pressure are driving companies to ________.

• A) operate leaner manufacturing facilities
• B) manage shorter supply chains
• C) operate flatter organizations
• D) practice a higher level of corporate social responsibility
• E) vertically integrate

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Definitions:

Sporophyte Generation

One of the two alternating phases in the life cycles of plants and algae, characterized by a multicellular diploid phase that produces spores.

Angiosperms

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed within a fruit; the largest group of land plants.

Sporophyte Generation

The sporophyte generation is part of the life cycle of plants and algae that is diploid, producing spores that germinate into the gametophyte generation.

Gametophyte

The phase in plants and algae's life cycle that generates gametes via mitosis, associated with reproduction.