As a Response to a Rapidly Changing Marketplace, Idea Electronics

question 239

Multiple Choice

As a response to a rapidly changing marketplace, Idea Electronics found it necessary to reorganize, including a significant downsize of its middle management. This action will likely result in ___________

• A) acquiring additional firms
• B) flattening the organization and empowering employees, allowing them to get closer to the customer
• C) increasing the size of its traditional departments to handle 24/7 operations
• D) centralizing its decision making to better control its total quality management program

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Creative Team

A group composed of individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds, collaborating to produce innovative and original outcomes.

Intuitive Skills

The ability to understand or know something immediately, based on feelings rather than conscious reasoning or factual knowledge.

Task-management Skills

The abilities related to effectively organizing, prioritizing, and executing tasks to achieve specific objectives.

Technical Skills

Specific abilities and knowledge that are required to perform particular tasks, especially those involving methods, processes, or techniques.