SCENARIO 1-4 an Operations Manager at a Local Distribution and Supply

question 88

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 1-4 An operations manager at a local distribution and supply warehouse wants to learn more about the major determinants of productivity, absenteeism, turnover and job satisfaction within her department.Although many options are available in gathering this information, she has decided to focus on individual-level, group-level and organization systems-level variables.
One of the individual-level variables the operations manager will probably consider is:

• A)communication patterns.
• B)perception.
• C)levels of conflict.
• D)human resource policies.
• E)conflict resolution.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

A tentative explanation of the relationships among certain phenomena.

Sound Pitch

The auditory perception of the frequency of a sound wave, which determines the highness or lowness of a tone.

Branches of Linguistics

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Linguistics

The scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.