For Firms Organized Around Functional Structure, the Real Problems Arise

question 54

Multiple Choice

For firms organized around functional structure, the real problems arise when:

• A)Top managers must envision their succession
• B)The firm grows its range of products and businesses
• C)Divisions cannot communicate to each other
• D)The economy is in bad shape

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

Adding a desirable stimulus to increase a behavior, making it more likely to occur in the future.

Punishment

A consequence or penalty imposed for a perceived or actual offense, intended to reduce or eliminate undesirable behaviors.

Classical Conditioning

An educational process that unfolds by linking an external stimulus with a naturally happening stimulus, which results in a conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

is a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.