Thomas Is an Upper-Middle-Level Manager for a Firm That Has

question 117

Multiple Choice

Thomas is an upper-middle-level manager for a firm that has been actively involved in acquisitions over the last 10 years.The firm has grown much larger as a result.Thomas has been dismayed to find that recently the managerial culture of the firm has been turning more and more to __________ controls.

• A) bureaucratic
• B) strategic
• C) tactical
• D) organic

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Definitions:

Pent-Up Emotions

Suppressed or repressed feelings that have not been expressed, often leading to increased tension or stress.

Catastrophic Thinking

A mental process where someone believes an event or situation to be much more severe than it really is, based on illogical thinking.

Defensive Coping

A psychological strategy employed to reduce stress and anxiety by avoiding or mitigating the perception of threats or issues, rather than directly addressing them.

Constant Stimulus

A static or unchanging factor in an experimental setup used to evoke a response in participants, allowing for the measurement of psychological or physiological reactions.