Managers in the 21st Century Must Be Capable of Doing

question 59

Multiple Choice

Managers in the 21st century must be capable of doing all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) attracting highly motivated workers and inspiring their enthusiasm by creating high-performance climates where individuals and teams can do their best work.
• B) sacrificing profitability goals for corporate social responsibility commitments.
• C) recognising interconnections among nations, cultures and economies in the world community, and planning and acting with due consideration of them.
• D) being comfortable with information technology, and understanding and using technological trends to the best advantage.
• E) understanding the growing complexity of governmental regulations and the legal environment, and being able to relate them to the organisation's interests.

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Definitions:

Specified Measure

A particular metric or standard defined for the purpose of evaluation, assessment, or calculation within a given context.

Natural Zero

A point on a scale that indicates the absence of the quantity being measured, indicating a true zero point where the measured phenomenon is nonexistent.

Important Decisions

Significant choices made after careful consideration, which have a considerable impact on outcomes or results.

Variation

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean of the dataset; critical in statistical analysis for understanding data dispersion.