Identify the Correct Statement Regarding Downsizing

question 3

Multiple Choice

Identify the correct statement regarding downsizing.

• A) Downsizing improves long-term organizational effectiveness.
• B) The negative effect of downsizing is especially low among firms that engage in high-involvement work practices.
• C) Downsizing often disrupts the social networks through which people are creative and flexible.
• D) The negative impact of downsizing is especially low for those organizations that emphasize research and development.
• E) Downsizing campaigns only eliminate people who are replaceable.

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Definitions:

Product Misuse

A defense against product liability that may be raised when the plaintiff used a product in a manner not intended by the manufacturer. If the misuse is reasonably foreseeable, the seller will not escape liability unless measures were taken to guard against the harm that could result from the misuse.

Defense

Legal strategies and arguments used by a defendant in litigation to counteract the claims made by the plaintiff.

Product Liability

Refers to the legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers to compensate for harm caused by defective products they market.

Reasonably Foreseeable

Circumstances or outcomes that can be anticipated by a person through the exercise of normal judgement.