GM's Insistence on Sticking to a Bureaucratic Culture Combined with Its

question 52

Multiple Choice

GM's insistence on sticking to a bureaucratic culture combined with its M-form structure and its subsequent failure to adapt to changing customer preferences for more fuel-efficient cars, produce higher quality, and create innovative designs best exemplifies

• A) decentralization.
• B) founder imprinting.
• C) groupthink.
• D) core rigidity.

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