IBM Manager Celia Moore Coordinates IBM's Long-Standing "Reinventing Education" Program

question 93

Multiple Choice

IBM manager Celia Moore coordinates IBM's long-standing "Reinventing Education" program that involves intensive research into how educational institutions can use the fruits of new technologies to transform what they do. In the process, the program is actually helping to shape a market of significant interest to IBM. "We see the program very much as an investment, rather than handing out money," says Moore. The existence of this program indicates that IBM has a(n) ________ orientation.

• A) environmental
• B) financial bottom line
• C) selling
• D) production
• E) triple-bottom-line

Distinguish between product costs and period costs and their categorizations.

Recognize the principles of total quality management and its focus on reducing defects.

Understand the concept of deindividuation and its effects on group behavior.

Recognize the prevalence and nature of lying and cheating in various contexts.

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