Strategic Controls Allow Corporate-Level Managers To

question 24

Multiple Choice

Strategic controls allow corporate-level managers to:

• A) evaluate business-level performance on objective criteria.
• B) concentrate on day-to-day corporate operations.
• C) assess performance of employees and managers in each business unit.
• D) examine the fit between what the firm might do and what it can do.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable that is the subject’s response to, and dependent on, the level of the manipulated independent variable.

Internal Validity

The extent to which a study accurately demonstrates a cause-effect relationship by controlling for extraneous variables and bias.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a benchmark for comparison.

Expectancy Effects

Phenomena in which the outcome of a study is influenced by the participants' or experimenters' expectations.