Robinson Crusoe Has Formed a Business That Sells Carved Gourmet

question 49

Multiple Choice

Robinson Crusoe has formed a business that sells carved gourmet coconuts.He has hired five employees.The most senior is Friday,who manages the carving process.Monday is the newest employee.She collects the coconuts.Tuesday,as you might expect,takes calls from curstomers,oops,I mean customers,who are unhappy with their coconuts.Wednesday tosses finished coconuts into the sea,whereupon they drift to the wholesaler.Thursday sends smoke signals to the wholesaler extolling the virtues of the latest production run of nuts that are drifting across the bay.Which of the following functions in the value chain is Thursday performing?

• A) Inbound logistics
• B) Operations
• C) Outbound logistics
• D) Marketing and sales
• E) Service

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Definitions:

Ego

In Freud’s structural model, the part of personality that considers external reality while mediating between the demands of the id and the superego.

Instinctual Influences

Innate, biological drives or motivations that impact human behavior and decision-making, often operating outside of conscious awareness.

Neo-Freudian Theorist

Psychologists who have adapted and expanded upon Sigmund Freud's original theories of psychoanalysis while incorporating their own beliefs about the human psyche and behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the field of psychoanalysis, known for his theories on the unconscious mind, the Oedipal complex, and the structure of personality.