Which of the Following Is Identified in Our Textbook as a Contingency

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is identified in our textbook as a contingency factor that affects organizational planning?

• A)quantity of future commitments
• B)degree of goal flexibility
• C)level of profitability
• D)degree of environmental uncertainty

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Definitions:

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning that no one can be effectively excluded from use and one person's use does not diminish another's.

Private Consumption

The spending on goods and services by individuals or households, as opposed to public or government spending.

Social Welfare Function

An economic function that ranks societal allocations of resources based on ethical principles, intending to maximize collective satisfaction or utility.

Utility Possibilities Frontier

The utility possibilities frontier is a graphical representation depicting the different distributions of utility maximization between two agents given a fixed set of resources.