Microsoft Is Experiencing Gradual Growth,with Most of It Happening Internationally

question 11

Multiple Choice

Microsoft is experiencing gradual growth,with most of it happening internationally.It is an example of an organization in the ____ stage.

• A) maturity
• B) decline
• C) youth
• D) birth
• E) midlife

Describe the role and development of trusts in American industries, with a focus on the oil industry.

Explain the attitudes of industrial leaders towards their wealth and success.

Identify the communication and transportation innovations that facilitated nationwide and international commerce.

Understand the opposition towards wage labor and the sociocultural implications of being a wage worker in post-Civil War America.

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Definitions:

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods determined primarily by competition in a free market.

Organic Solidarity

A type of social cohesion that arises when individuals in a society are interdependent but hold to varying tasks and responsibilities, characteristic of complex, industrial societies.

Collective Conscious

A shared set of beliefs, morals, and attitudes that operate as a unifying force within society; sometimes spelled as "collective conscience."

Commodity Production

The production of goods and services for exchange on the market with the goal of earning a profit, central to capitalist economies.