When Considering Emergent Strategies, It Is Important for a Firm's

question 19

Multiple Choice

When considering emergent strategies, it is important for a firm's managers to

• A) ensure that the chosen strategies are the result of deliberate plans.
• B) ignore strategies that are not the result of a formal planning process.
• C) develop the emergent strategies themselves.
• D) substitute emergent strategies for formal plans whenever possible.
• E) assess whether the emergent strategy fits the company's needs and capabilities.

Recognize the impact of Freudian theory on contemporary psychology and the principles of behaviourism.

Understand the factors influencing an investor's preference between bonds of equal yields but potentially different in other aspects.

Identify and describe components of a bond indenture.

Comprehend and articulate the significance of various credit ratings.

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