Breaking Down Big Tasks into a Series of Smaller Tasks

question 13

Multiple Choice

Breaking down big tasks into a series of smaller tasks is one strategy that managers can use to address the problem of:

• A) procrastination.
• B) lacking the skill necessary to undertake the task.
• C) lacking the time necessary to undertake the task.
• D) interruptions.
• E) competing priorities.

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Definitions:

Neural Connections

The links between neurons in the brain, which are created, strengthened, or weakened through experiences and learning.

Sensation

The process by which sensory receptors and the nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.

Stimulus

Anything in the environment that elicits a response from an organism, crucial in behaviorist theories of learning and conditioning.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, which conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.