After Creating a Strategic Plan, an Executive at Microsoft Then

question 66

Multiple Choice

After creating a strategic plan, an executive at Microsoft then looks at how to configure her departments to most effectively reach the company's goals. Which function of management is this executive practising?

• A) planning
• B) controlling
• C) leading and motivating
• D) organizing

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory proposing that a child feels a subconscious sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where stressful thoughts or memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Freud's Concept

Theoretical ideas proposed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on the unconscious mind, the importance of childhood, and the structure of personality into ego, id, and superego.