How Are a Company's Organizational Capabilities Developed and Enabled

question 25

Multiple Choice

How are a company's organizational capabilities developed and enabled?

• A)by strengthening the traditions that company executives are committed to maintaining
• B)through deployment of a company's resources or some combination of its resources
• C)by talking openly about the problems of the present company and determining how new behaviors will improve performance
• D)by shifting from decentralized to centralized decision-making
• E)by urging company personnel to search outside the company for work practices and operating approaches that may be an improvement over what the company is presently doing

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Definitions:

Actual Total Labour Cost

The actual amount spent on wages and salaries for employees directly involved in the production process.

Actual Hours

The real number of hours worked or spent on a specific task, project, or production process.

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard quantity expected, multiplied by the standard cost per unit.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the manufacturing of a product and constitute a significant portion of the product’s cost.