Increasing Inventories Between Sequential Work Units Tends to Reduce Potential

question 36

Multiple Choice

Increasing inventories between sequential work units tends to reduce potential conflict by:

• A)reducing resource scarcity.
• B)reducing differentiation.
• C)increasing the required level of communication between employees in sequential units.
• D)reducing ambiguity in resource allocation.
• E)reducing task interdependence.

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Definitions:

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