Coordinating the Work Efforts of Internal Organization Units Is Best

question 64

Multiple Choice

Coordinating the work efforts of internal organization units is best accomplished by

• A)establishing a corporate culture where teamwork is a core value and decisions are made by general consensus among team leaders in the affected work units.
• B)having closely related activities report to a single executive who has the authority and organizational clout to coordinate, integrate, and arrange for the cooperation of units under their supervision.
• C)having the heads of support activities report to the heads of primary, strategy-critical activities.
• D)establishing monetary incentives that reward people for being cooperative team players.
• E)having frequent meetings among the heads of closely related activities and work units to establish mutually agreeable deadlines.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The extra output produced from using an additional unit of a specific input while keeping all other inputs unchanged.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, for example, the quantity of goods produced per labor hour, indicating overall productivity.

Workers

Individuals engaged in any form of economic activity or employment, contributing labor for the production of goods and services.

Marginal Product

The additional output that can be produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, keeping all other inputs constant.