Why Is the Competing Values Framework More Useful for Managers

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why is the competing values framework more useful for managers than earlier models of management?

• A)It uses colors to help managers remember to use different types of behaviors in different situations
• B)It helps managers identify the one best way to manage their employees
• C)It better reflects the multiple concerns that managers must take into account when making decisions
• D)It takes into account the external environment which had previously been ignored by management models
• E)None of these; the competing values framework is not more useful than earlier models of management

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Definitions:

Reaction Range

The concept that genetic factors set certain limits on cognitive, emotional, and personality development, but environmental factors determine where within these limits individuals will fall.

Achievement

The accomplishment of a task or goal through effort, skill, or courage, often recognized and valued by society or the individual's personal standards.

Motivation

The internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal.

Autobiographical Memory

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