What Term Describes When Activities Originally Intended to Help Managers

question 83

Multiple Choice

What term describes when activities originally intended to help managers attain corporate objectives become ends in themselves or are adapted to meet ends other than those for which they were intended?

• A) economic rationality
• B) minimal acceptable behavior
• C) goal displacement
• D) closed system thinking
• E) Machiavellianism

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Definitions:

Braided Stream

A stream or river with an interconnecting network of branching and reuniting shallow channels.

Constant Flow

A steady, uniform rate of movement or supply.

Meander Scars

Erosional features left in the landscape by the remnants of ancient river meanders.

Oxbow Lakes

Crescent-shaped lakes formed when a river meander is cut off from the main stream.