Unlike Operations Management, a Systems View of Organizations

question 47

Multiple Choice

Unlike operations management, a systems view of organizations:

• A) forces managers to view their organizations as independent of the competitive, economic, social, technological, and legal/regulatory forces in their environments.
• B) makes managers acutely aware that good internal management of the organization is more than enough to ensure survival.
• C) forces managers to be aware of how the environment affects specific parts of their organizations.
• D) makes managers involve themselves in the management of the daily production of goods and services.

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Definitions:

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