A Third-Party Linkage Mechanism

question 3

Multiple Choice

A third-party linkage mechanism:

• A) must involve common ownership to effectively manage resource dependencies.
• B) generally decrease an organization's freedom to act independently.
• C) generally reduce an organization's domain.
• D) should be used to manage the environment according to contingency theory.

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