Management at Granger Industries Is Evaluating the Company's Distribution System

question 179

Multiple Choice

Management at Granger Industries is evaluating the company's distribution system to determine if cost-cutting measures will impact performance. Ralph, an employee with experience in annual cost-cutting negotiations, suggests the company consider synergies between elements of the distribution system instead of judging each activity on its own merits. What is Ralph trying to avoid with the cuts?

• A) optimism bias
• B) suboptimization
• C) framing problem
• D) horizontal conflict

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