Which of the Following Best Describes Enterprise Resource Planning

question 411

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes enterprise resource planning?

• A) an information processing application for routine business activities of a company's business units
• B) an information system for organizing and managing a firms activities across product lines, departments, and geographic locations
• C) a system used for transforming data into information for use in decision making
• D) a computer-based electronic technology that assists in designing products by simulating a real product and displaying it in three-dimensional graphics

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Definitions:

Collectivist Cultures

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Individualistic Cultures

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Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of disposition or personality and underestimate the effect of the situation when explaining the behaviors of others.

White Americans

Individuals residing in the United States who identify as being of European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.