What Factor Influences the Amount of Decentralization an Organization Uses

question 58

Multiple Choice

What factor influences the amount of decentralization an organization uses?

• A) The company is large.
• B) Lower level managers are not as capable at making decisions as upper- level managers.
• C) Lower- level managers want a voice in decisions.
• D) Effective implementation of company strategies depends on managers retaining say over what happens.

Understand how to classify costs as product costs or period costs.

Calculate the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for companies.

Distinguish between variable costs and fixed costs.

Compute the cost of goods manufactured.

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Definitions:

Maximizing Law

The principle that organisms will choose behaviors that maximize rewards and minimize penalties under conditions of uncertainty.

Blisspoint

The optimal level of satisfaction or happiness an individual achieves from a specific action or set of circumstances, often used in consumer behavior studies.

Respond

To react or reply to something, typically as a result of external stimuli.

Matching Law

A theory stating that the proportion of responses directed towards one alternative corresponds to the proportion of reinforcements received from that alternative.