Due to Impending Labor Strife Over Planned Layoffs in Its

question 78

Multiple Choice

Due to impending labor strife over planned layoffs in its Silicon Valley headquarters, a social networking company has decided to outsource its programming operations to an emerging market, India, to obtain cheaper labor. Since then, this social networking company has encountered criticism that has diminished its current market position and staff productivity. You have been retained by this company to develop an appropriate reactive (emergent) strategy that would begin by

• A)hiring and training new talent to begin operations in the emerging market.
• B)acquiring a local computer chip marketing and distribution specialist firm in the new location.
• C)cancelling the idea of outsourcing and retaining the existing workforce to run operations.
• D)shifting the existing workforce to the new geographical location and paying them according to new standards.
• E)cancelling the job cuts till the market situation and entry operations stabilize.

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