Microsoft Laid Off 5,000 Employees Due to Poorer-Than-Anticipated Financial Performance

question 50

Multiple Choice

Microsoft laid off 5,000 employees due to poorer-than-anticipated financial performance. What is this an example of?

• A) proactive change
• B) reactive change
• C) managing change
• D) transformational change

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