As Businesses Grow and Professional Management Develops, There Is a Shift

question 29

Multiple Choice

As businesses grow and professional management develops, there is a shift toward:

• A) authoritarian decision making.
• B) decentralized management decision making.
• C) hit-or-miss decision making.
• D) tentative decision making.
• E) experimental decision making.

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Definitions:

Conceptual Replications

attempt to test the same hypothesis as previous studies but using different methods, materials, or conditions to establish generalizability.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

Conceptual Replication

A type of replication of research using different procedures for manipulating or measuring the variables.

Conceptual Replication

Attempting to validate the findings of a previous study by using different methods or measures while keeping the underlying theory or hypothesis the same.