A Manager Is Currently Operating in an Environment of High

question 127

Multiple Choice

A manager is currently operating in an environment of high uncertainty and thus will:

• A) most likely be making programmed decisions.
• B) probably have an easy time generating alternatives.
• C) probably have a difficult time generating alternatives.
• D) most likely rely on the classical model of decision making.
• E) wait until environment becomes certain.

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Definitions:

Basalt

A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that is formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava at the Earth's surface.

Clasts

Fragments of geological detritus, such as minerals and rocks, formed by weathering and erosion.

Unconformity

A geological surface that represents a gap in the geological record, often due to erosion or lack of deposition over a period of time.

Cleavage

In geology, the tendency of minerals to break along flat, parallel surfaces related to the arrangement of atoms within the mineral.