The Rationale for Making Strategy-Critical Value Chain Activities the Primary

question 58

Multiple Choice

The rationale for making strategy-critical value chain activities the primary building blocks in a company's organizational scheme is based on:

• A) the much shorter time it takes to build core competencies and competitive capabilities.
• B) the benefit such an organizational scheme has in reducing costs.
• C) the benefit such an organizational scheme has in improving the productivity of geographically scattered organizational units.
• D) the thesis that if activities crucial to strategic success are to have the resources,decision-making influence,and organizational impact they need,they have to be centerpieces in the organizational scheme.
• E) the benefit such an organizational scheme has in making the empowerment of employees more effective.

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Definitions:

Sample Size

The number of observations or specimens collected for a statistical study.

Friedman Test

A non-parametric test used to compare differences between groups on a dependent variable across multiple test attempts or conditions.

Dependent Samples

Samples that are interconnected or have relationships with each other, where the members of one sample correspond to or affect the members of another.

Analysis Of Variance

A statistical method used to compare means of three or more samples, testing if at least one sample mean is different from the others.