A Look Back Cindy Reynolds, Tired from Working with Customers All Day, Decided

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A Look Back
Cindy Reynolds, tired from working with customers all day, decided to take a 15-minute nap to help clear her head before the 4:15 managers' meeting.Her company had recently begun a re-engineering process as well as other changes requiring copious management input.As she leaned back in her chair, she wondered if management science had always been this way and how it all began.As she napped, she dreamed that, along with 'Spirit of Management Past' as her guide, she was travelling in the 'Management Way Back Machine' that took her back through management history.
-Refer to A Look Back (Scenario) .One of the earliest sites Cindy visited was Adam Smith's home, author of The Wealth of Nations, which suggested that organisations and society would gain from ________.

• A)time management
• B)division of labour
• C)group work
• D)quality management
• E)time and motion studies

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Definitions:

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A portion of a company's earnings distributed to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash or additional stock.

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Distribution

The process of giving a product, component, or service to the consumer or end user through various distribution channels or supply chains.