An Organization Needs to Consider How Communities React to It

question 18

Multiple Choice

An organization needs to consider how communities react to it s workforce planning methods because:

• A) these types of decisions can cause emotional reactions from employees, shareholders and customers.
• B) the timing of the decisions may determine how people react.
• C) offshoring is generally the best work force planning approach.
• D) unemployment rates play a very small part in how and when work force planning methods are carried out.
• E) Both A and B are correct.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory proposing that a child feels a subconscious sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where stressful thoughts or memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Freud's Concept

Theoretical ideas proposed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on the unconscious mind, the importance of childhood, and the structure of personality into ego, id, and superego.