If You Were Thinking About a Dishwasher as a System

question 31

Multiple Choice

If you were thinking about a dishwasher as a system which of the following represents the outputs?

• A) The dirty dishes, water, and detergent.
• B) The clean dishes.
• C) The washing and rinsing.
• D) The light indicating that the dishwasher is done.

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Definitions:

Force-coercion Strategy

A change strategy that pursues change through formal authority and/or the use of rewards or punishments.

Rational Persuasion Strategy

A change strategy that pursues change through empirical data and rational argument.

Environmental-adaptive Strategy

Environmental-adaptive Strategy involves an organization's approach to adapting and evolving in response to changes and challenges in its external environment, rather than attempting to change the environment itself.

Shared Power Strategy

A management approach that distributes decision-making authority and power more evenly across levels within the organization.