To Be Competitive, Recommended That American Firms Adopt a New

question 156

Multiple Choice

To be competitive, recommended that American firms adopt a new management style that was a hybrid of the approaches used by Japanese firms and those used by American firms called .

• A)Mi Yurchishin, Theory X
• B) Akiko Animoto, Theory Z
• C)William Ouchi, Theory Z
• D)Sam Hyakowa, Theory Y

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Republicanism Ideology

A political ideology valuing the maintenance of a republic as a form of government, emphasizing liberty, civic virtue, and opposition to corruption and aristocracy.

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Roman Ideas

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Full Independence

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