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:

Taft-Hartley Act

A 1947 federal law that restricted the activities and power of labor unions, including limiting strikes and requiring union leaders to swear they were not communists.

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance formed for mutual defense against aggression, primarily established in 1949.

Marshall Plan

An American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the U.S. gave over $12 billion for economic recovery post-World War II to counter the spread of communism.

Truman Doctrine

A United States policy, announced by President Truman in 1947, to provide military and economic assistance to countries threatened by communism.