Large Companies That Produce Many Different Products Flowing into Many

question 109

Multiple Choice

Large companies that produce many different products flowing into many different geographic and customer markets usually employ some combination of the ________,________,________ and ________ forms of department organisation.

• A)product;functional;customer;offshore
• B)product;relationship;partnership;operations
• C)functional;geographic;product;market
• D)global;regional;local;decentralised
• E)centralised;top-down;bottom-up;global management

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Definitions:

Conformed

The process of adjusting one's behavior or thinking to match those of others, typically in a group context.

Door-In-The-Face Effect

A compliance technique that involves making a large request that is expected to be turned down in order to increase the likelihood that a smaller request will be accepted.

Requests

The act of politely or formally asking for something.

Asch

Refers to the Asch conformity experiments which demonstrate the influence of group pressure on individuals to conform.