Executives Claim That This Division of Labor Keeps Employees Focused

question 68

Multiple Choice

Executives claim that this division of labor keeps employees focused on the tasks that fit their skills and leads to a better product. Which of the following, if True, would strengthen that claim?

• A) During every project, Design department members spend a large amount of time consulting with Marketing department members to learn how the Marketing department will attempt to sell the completed project.
• B) When environmental changes that take place after the project has been launched make the project unattractive to customers, the Production department attempts to complete the project according to the original schedule and budget.
• C) After a product specification is completed, knowledge of the thinking that went into the product specification is not necessary to complete the project effectively.
• D) The team process is based on the process that Appleson's executives used during the era of print-only product development.
• E) The reasoning behind the team process is presented to new employees as part of their initial orientation.

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Definitions:

Poisson Probabilities

The probability distribution that measures the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Classified Department

A division within an organization or publication that deals with categorized or sorted information, often in the context of classified ads or internal classification.

Telephone Calls

A form of verbal communication or data transmission over a distance through the use of a network specifically designed for this purpose.

Randomly

In a manner lacking any predictable pattern or plan, used in statistical sampling to ensure that every individual or element has an equal chance of selection.