The Transfer of Some of What Are Traditional Internal Activities

question 101

Multiple Choice

The transfer of some of what are traditional internal activities and resources of a firm to outside vendors is:

• A) a standard use of the make-or-buy decision.
• B) not allowed by the ethics code of the Supply Management Institute.
• C) offshoring.
• D) outsourcing.
• E) keiretsu.

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Definitions:

Deindividuation

In groups or crowds, the loss of awareness of one’s own individuality.

Robbers Cave Experiment

A social psychology experiment that showed how group conflict can arise from competition over resources and how cooperative tasks can reduce intergroup hostility.

Us-Them Hostility

A form of social or group bias where an in-group harbors negative feelings and attitudes towards an out-group, often leading to conflict.

Interdependence

A mutual reliance between two or more groups, organisms, or objects, where each affects or depends on the others.