When Identifying a Diversified Company's Present Corporate Strategy,which of the Following

question 115

Multiple Choice

When identifying a diversified company's present corporate strategy,which of the following would not be something to look for?

• A) Recent moves to build positions in new industries
• B) The company's approach to allocating investment capital and resources across its present businesses
• C) Recent management actions to strengthen the company's positions in existing businesses
• D) Recent moves to divest weak or unattractive business units
• E) Actions over the past few years to substitute global strategies for multi-country strategies in one or more business units

---

Definitions:

Drive-Reduction Theory

A theory that postulates that the motivation for behavior arises from biological needs that drive an organism to seek homeostasis or a state of balance.

Blood Vessels Constrict

The narrowing of blood vessels, which can increase blood pressure and reduce blood flow to certain parts of the body.

Physiological Need

Basic, essential requirements necessary for survival, such as food, water, and shelter, often described in the context of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Drive-Reduction Theory

A theory of motivation that posits that human beings are motivated to reduce internal tensions caused by unmet biological needs, such as hunger or thirst.