After Conducting a SWOT Analysis, Your Firm Has Decided to Focus

question 14

Multiple Choice

After conducting a SWOT analysis, your firm has decided to focus on addressing issues located in the Weaknesses-Opportunities quadrant. Which of the following steps are you most likely to take?

• A) Devote more resources to an extremely popular advertising campaign to promote an exciting new product.
• B) Shut down struggling retail outlets in an economically depressed region.
• C) Deploy top sales personnel to prevent buyers from migrating towards lower-priced competition.
• D) Reorganize the inefficient research and development department to bring innovative products to market more quickly.

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Definitions:

Sexual Harassment

Unwelcome or inappropriate sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in a workplace or other professional or social situations.

Preconventional Moral Development

A stage in Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development characterized by an individual's motivation to follow rules and obey authority to avoid punishment or obtain rewards.

Expectations of Others

The anticipated beliefs or standards others hold regarding an individual's or entity's actions and performance.

Preconventional Moral Development

A stage in Kohlberg's theory of moral development characterized by an individual's response to moral choices based on personal consequences.