Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) If an organization wants to grow talent internally, it must hire high potential employees right out of college and develop them over a period of years.
• B) In the textbook's example, Lehn and Fink Products considers extracurricular activities, especially athletics, to be a more important predictor of leadership than grades.
• C) Long-term planning and management development practices were widespread among large firms in the 1950s, but these systems were dismantled in the 1980s.
• D) In the 1990s, companies were able to hire talent on an as-needed basis because there was a surplus of quality applicants on the job market.

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Definitions:

Consequences

The results or effects that follow an action or decision.

Rightness

The quality of being morally correct, just, or honorable, often used to describe actions or decisions that conform to moral or ethical principles.

Backward-looking Reasons

Justifications for actions or decisions that are based on events, information, or values from the past.

Act Consequentialism

A moral theory that assesses the morality of actions based on their outcomes or consequences.