The Sales Department at a Local Company Determines That Product

question 48

Multiple Choice

The sales department at a local company determines that Product A will moderately boost sales and have a shorter production schedule, so it is decided that this product will be manufactured and sold without considering other options.In choosing this product, the sales department is

• A) controlling.
• B) engaged in bounded rationality.
• C) suboptimizing.
• D) satisficing.
• E) using procedures and rules of thumb.

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Definitions:

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