A Manager Who Believes the Source of Good Ideas Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

A manager who believes the source of good ideas is outside him/herself and therefore is willing to take the ideas of others as his/her own has a(n) ________ decision making orientation.

• A)receptive
• B)exploitative
• C)hoarding
• D)marketing-oriented
• E)self-interest

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Definitions:

Northern Society

A secret revolutionary organization in the early 19th century in Russia, which aimed at overthrowing the autocracy and implementing constitutional reforms.

Materialism

a philosophical position that holds physical matter as the only or fundamental reality and discounts any independent existence of mental states or consciousness.

Idealism

A philosophy that emphasizes the primacy of ideas and ideals in interpreting experience and guiding actions, often contrasted with materialism.