Developing a New Automobile Requires the Services of Many Types

question 84

Multiple Choice

Developing a new automobile requires the services of many types of experts such as design and electronics engineers, procurers, metallurgists-the list is extensive. Rather than employ these individuals directly, the automaker will outsource the work. The specialists then work at facilities owned by the automaker rather than at their own employers' places. This demonstrates a type of ________.

• A) virtual organization
• B) team structure
• C) project structure
• D) boundaryless organization

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Definitions:

Attribution Theory

The view that people act as intuitive scientists when they observe other people’s behavior and infer explanations about why those people acted the way they did.

Intuitive Scientists

A theory suggesting that people often act like amateur scientists, attempting to understand and predict other people's behavior by forming hypotheses and making deductions.

Social Cognition Theory

A theory that focuses on how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations, emphasizing the role of cognitive processes in understanding social interaction.

Causal Attribution

The process of identifying the cause of an event or behavior, attributing it either to internal dispositions or to external situations.