Examination of the Actual Ways of Organizing New Product and Service

question 13

Multiple Choice

Examination of the actual ways of organizing new product and service development suggests different organizational configurations provide several common elements.Which of these is generally not such an organizing factor?

• A)Shared knowledge and/or technical information base.
• B)Control mechanisms, either impersonal or inter-personal.
• C)Resource allocation and performance measurement.
• D)External linkages with customers, partners or suppliers.

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Definitions:

Maintenance Rehearsal

A cognitive process involving the repeated review of information to retain it in short-term memory.

Proactive Interference

The interference by old learning with the ability to retrieve material learned recently.

Permanent

Lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely.

Stimuli

External or internal factors that elicit a response from a sensory system or an organism.