Arpin Stores Inc

question 55

Multiple Choice

Arpin Stores Inc. is a wholesale food manufacturing company. The company markets packaged food products across the United States. The company appoints an external agency to perform a SWOT analysis of the company.
-Which of the following observations, if made by the external agency, will indicate the company's weakness?

• A)The company incurs high transportation costs as its manufacturing facility is at a remote place.
• B)The wholesale food industry has seen an influx of new players in recent times.
• C)An economic downturn has increased people's liking for organic products.
• D)A food poisoning disaster that occurred recently has lowered people's preference for packaged foods.
• E)The government has imposed a new tax on packaged food industry.

---

Definitions:

Social Mobility

The movement of individuals, families, or groups within or between social strata in a society, often reflecting changes in occupation, wealth, or status.

Collectivism

Putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the groups to which one belongs.

Individualism

Putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group memberships.

Graduate School

Graduate school is an advanced program of study focused on a particular academic discipline or profession, typically following the completion of an undergraduate degree.