A Plant Manager Uses an Efficiency Rating to Measure a Department's

question 10

Multiple Choice

A plant manager uses an efficiency rating to measure a department's performance. Department managers push people and equipment to get a high efficiency rating. People feel overstressed and the equipment breaks down from overuse. This is a

• A) Manifest functional consequence.
• B) Latent functional consequence.
• C) Manifest dysfunctional consequence.
• D) Latent dysfunctional consequence.

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Definitions:

Product Contribution Analysis

A financial evaluation technique that assesses how individual products contribute to the overall profit of a company based on their contribution margins.

Break-Even Time

The period it takes for a business or project to generate enough revenue to cover all its costs and start producing a profit.

Product Development Cycle

The series of stages a product goes through from conception and development to market launch and beyond.

Incremental Projects

Projects that are undertaken to bring about small, incremental improvements or additions to existing products, services, or processes.