The Only Way Workers in Industrialized Countries Can Compete with Their

question 15

Multiple Choice

The only way workers in industrialized countries can compete with their counterparts in the developing world will be through:

• A) increased use of the cost leadership strategy.
• B) increased diversity within the organization.
• C) increased empowerment of employees.
• D) increased productivity by using technologically-intensive manufacturing technologies.
• E) increased flat organization structure.

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Definitions:

Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease is a fungal disease spread by bark beetles, primarily affecting elm trees, leading to foliage wilting, branch dieback, and potentially the death of the tree.

Chestnut Blight

A fungal disease caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, which has devastated chestnut trees in North America by causing cankers that girdle and kill the trees.

Net Productivity

is the rate at which energy or biomass accumulates in an ecosystem's producers, after subtracting the energy used in respiration, representing the amount of new biological material.

Mineral Release

The process by which minerals become available to organisms in the environment, often through the weathering of rocks or decomposition of organic matter.