A Company Needs Performance Targets or Objectives

question 69

Multiple Choice

A company needs performance targets or objectives

• A)to help guide managers in deciding what strategic path to take in the event that a strategic inflection point is encountered.
• B)because they give the company clear-cut strategic intent.
• C)in order to unify the company's strategic vision and business model.
• D)for its operations as a whole and also for each of its separate businesses, product lines, functional departments, and individual work units.
• E)in order to prevent lower-level organizational units from establishing their own objectives.

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Definitions:

Stress

A condition of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.

Basal Metabolism

The minimum rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest, necessary to maintain basic bodily functions.

Aerobic Metabolism

The process of producing cellular energy involving oxygen. It's the way the body turns food into energy through a series of chemical reactions in the presence of oxygen.

Anaerobic Metabolism

A form of metabolism that occurs in the absence of oxygen, allowing cells to produce energy for short bursts of intense activity.