Svetlana Wants to Facilitate the Turnaround of Her Company, TechLighting

question 64

Multiple Choice

Svetlana wants to facilitate the turnaround of her company, TechLighting, by using outsourcing. Considering this, which of the following would she most likely support?

• A)firing 10 percent of her workers in the marketing department
• B)contracting with a company in India to have it do TechLighting's marketing
• C)combining TechLighting's research and marketing departments
• D)allowing TechLighting's research department to have more autonomy

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