You Are a Consultant to Company X

question 68

Essay

You are a consultant to Company X. The CEO insists that effectiveness must be evaluated by an increase in stock price to satisfy stockholders. The marketing vice president insists that the main goal is to reduce the time to bring products to the customer. The manufacturing vice president states that costs should be the key focus of the organization. What approach is each manager using to evaluate organizational effectiveness, and what can this organization do to ensure that effectiveness is properly evaluated?

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Definitions:

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Martin Seligman

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