Filling Resource Gaps and Developing Capabilities for the Future

question 24

Multiple Choice

Filling resource gaps and developing capabilities for the future:

• A)Are part of capability analysis and management
• B)Are unimportant to the process of capability analysis
• C)Are the responsibility of operations managers only
• D)Do not require any specific attention by senior management

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Definitions:

Phyletic Gradualism

Phyletic gradualism is an evolutionary model proposing that species evolve through gradual changes of traits over long periods of time.

Punctuated Equilibrium

A theory in evolutionary biology that suggests species evolve rapidly during short periods of time followed by long periods of stasis.

Speciation

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species, typically by being geographically isolated from one another and experiencing different environmental pressures.

Reproductive Isolating Mechanism

Biological features of organisms that prevent species from interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.