Which of the Following Is True Concerning the Management Beliefs

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true concerning the management beliefs of Barnard?

• A)Employee ability and motivation remain fixed within a single employee, but vary across different employees.
• B)To improve productivity, management should concentrate on selecting the best employee rather than motivating current employees.
• C)Productivity is best achieved by insulating the organisation from external constituencies.
• D)Organisations are social systems that required human cooperation.
• E)Maintaining organisational equilibrium leads to stagnation.

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Definitions:

Interest-Bearing Note

A debt instrument that pays interest to the holder at a fixed or variable rate until its maturity.

Bond

A fixed-income investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (typically corporate or governmental) which borrows the funds for a defined period at a variable or fixed interest rate.

Straight-Line Method

A method of depreciation that provides for equal periodic depreciation expense over the estimated life of a fixed asset.

Amortization

The process of gradually writing off the initial cost of an intangible asset over its useful life.