Leo Is Analyzing Ways to Improve Efficiency and Productivity in a Particular

question 2

Multiple Choice

Leo is analyzing ways to improve efficiency and productivity in a particular organization. The management problems being studied are very complicated and he needs help analyzing a large number of variables. He also intends to construct mathematical models to represent reality to determine how the real-world situation might be improved. The approach Leo is applying in this scenario is the ________.

• A) systems approach
• B) management science approach
• C) lower-level management analysis approach
• D) motion-study techniques approach
• E) contingency approach

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Definitions:

Electra Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory by Freud that suggests a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Social and Cultural Influences

The effects of society and culture on individuals' beliefs, behaviors, and experiences, shaping their development and worldview.