If Overall Inventories Rise in a Month Because of Unplanned

question 81

Multiple Choice

If overall inventories rise in a month because of unplanned inventory investment, MOST likely:

• A) the economy is slowing down.
• B) sales were above forecasts.
• C) inventory investment is negative.
• D) the accelerator principle was contradicted.

Understand the influence of power and politics on organizational behavior.

Recognize the significance of the iron law of responsibility in balancing power.

Distinguish between legitimate, coercive, reward, expert, and personal forms of power.

Understand the concept of resistance (constructive and dysfunctional) in organizational settings.

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Definitions:

Lysogenic Conversion

The change in properties of bacteria that results from the presence of a prophage.

Prophage

Bacteriophage nucleic acid inserted into the bacterial DNA.

Transducing

refers to the process by which signals are converted from one form to another, such as converting physical signals into biochemical signals in the body.

Prophage

A segment of viral DNA that is integrated into the genome of a bacterial cell, remaining latent until it is induced to produce new virus particles.