When a Manager Identifies an Opportunity, He or She Generates

question 46

Multiple Choice

When a manager identifies an opportunity, he or she generates alternatives to pursue the opportunity, selects one of them, implements it, and then evaluates the results.This manager is acting out the ____ process.

• A) alternative-generating
• B) Control
• C) Managing
• D) decision-making
• E) formal leadership

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Definitions:

Producer's Surplus

The difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service and what they actually receive.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graph showing the change in total production cost that comes from making or producing one additional unit.

Competitive Firm

A company operating in a market where it has little to no market power, and thus sets its prices based on the market conditions.

Variable Factors

In economics, these are inputs or resources whose quantity can be changed in the short term to adjust the level of output.