The Situational (Contingency) Approach to Managing States That a Manager

question 5

True/False

The situational (contingency) approach to managing states that a manager should always have a backup plan (a contingent plan) just in case the first plan doesn't work.

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Definitions:

Sensory Register

The part of the information-processing system that stores input from the sensory organs for a fraction of a second, during which time it is either attended to and moved into working memory or lost from the system.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding small amounts of information in mind for a brief period.

Transductively

Transductively refers to the cognitive process in children where reasoning is made from one specific instance to another, often without logical basis in the adult sense.

Precausal

Thinking or reasoning that precedes an understanding of causality, often observed in young children who make logical connections between events that are not causally related.