Managers Who Can Easily Become Distracted by Fighting the Everyday

question 61

Multiple Choice

Managers who can easily become distracted by fighting the everyday fires of business and, in the process, ignore or postpone planning succumb to what is sometimes called

• A) "Parkinson's law of planning."
• B) the "Peter principle."
• C) the "tyranny of the urgent."
• D) "Murphy's law of strategic action."

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Definitions:

Biological Therapy

Treatment that uses substances derived from living organisms to treat disease. In cancer treatment, it involves using the body’s immune system either directly or indirectly to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments.

Uncontrollable Salivation

A reflexive, excessive production of saliva that can occur as a result of certain stimuli or medical conditions.

Conventional Antipsychotic

A class of medication primarily used to treat symptoms of psychosis, such as in schizophrenia, using older pharmacological formulations.

Schizophrenia

A chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves, often resulting in distorted perceptions of reality.