Contingency Factors That Can Influence the Success of a TQM

question 29

Multiple Choice

Contingency factors that can influence the success of a TQM program in a negative way include all of the following,except:

• A)tasks make high skill demands on employees.
• B)management expectations are unrealistically high.
• C)middle managers are dissatisfied about loss of authority.
• D)workers are dissatisfied with other aspects of organizational life.
• E)managers wait for big, dramatic innovations.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The marginal product is the additional output that is produced by using one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant, in the process of production.

Mechanics

The branch of physics that deals with the motion of objects and the forces that affect that motion.

Marginal Product

The additional output produced as a result of adding one more unit of a specific input, keeping other inputs constant.

Value of Marginal Product

The additional revenue generated by employing one more unit of a factor of production, such as labor.