A Firm's Operations Strategy ______

question 84

Multiple Choice

A firm's operations strategy ______.

• A)guides a firm in using its operational resources effectively to help it achieve a competitive advantage
• B)provides a road map for decisions regarding business acquisitions or divestitures that the firm's operations managers make
• C)Is directly influenced by a firm's corporate strategy
• D)Directly influences a firm's corporate strategy

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Definitions:

Id

A concept in psychoanalytic theory representing the instinctual drives and primal impulses.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

A projective test consisting of drawings of ambiguous human situations, which the test taker describes; thought to reveal inner feelings, conflicts, and motives, which are projected onto the test materials.