Managers Are Sometimes Able to Pursue Their Own Interests at the Expense

question 59

Multiple Choice

Managers are sometimes able to pursue their own interests at the expense of other stakeholders because managers:

• A)have the ability to initiate a takeover.
• B)are the most powerful outside stakeholders.
• C)own the organization.
• D)have control over organizational resources.

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Definitions:

Encoding-specificity Principle

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Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory that allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

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