Assume That You Have Been Given the Responsibility for Creating

question 119

Multiple Choice

Assume that you have been given the responsibility for creating an operations planning and control system for a manufacturer.What should your first step be?

• A) Focus on production control.
• B) Develop a long-range production plan.
• C) Send output to customers.
• D) Develop production schedules.
• E) Review the company's business plan.

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Definitions:

Power

The power or skill to guide or shape the actions of others or the direction of events.

Foucault

Refers to Michel Foucault, a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influence on various disciplines such as sociology, critical theory, and history of ideas, especially for his works on power, knowledge, and discourse.

Disciplining Bodies

Practices and institutions that aim to regulate, control, and shape bodies according to specific norms, often reflecting power dynamics and social control.

Giddens's Analysis

An approach to understanding society that emphasizes the interplay between structure and agency, as developed by sociologist Anthony Giddens.