Tess Is the General Manager of Choc-A-Block, an International Sweet

question 27

Multiple Choice

Tess is the general manager of Choc-a-block, an international sweet manufacturing company.She wishes to give one of her managers the "Employee of the Year" award and one of her teams the "Stars of the Year" award.Which of the following teams is she least likely to pick for the "Stars of the Year" award if she is looking for one that operates in a high-trust environment?

• A)Team A, whose members are efficient and easy to motivate
• B)Team B, whose members always assume the best of each other
• C)Team C, whose members rarely give each other the benefit of the doubt
• D)Team D, whose members have simple and direct communication styles
• E)Team E, whose members help each other freely and frequently

Grasp the importance of customer service as a differentiator in competitive markets as exemplified by Zappos.

Understand product differentiation and its strategic implications.

Relate market segmentation and product differentiation strategies to real-world business examples.

Understand the financial and strategic considerations in deciding on market segmentation.

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Definitions:

Malthus

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An economic principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the additional output gained from each new unit of variable input will eventually decrease.

Marginal Product

The increase in output that results from using one more unit of a particular input, keeping other inputs constant.

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