Reducing Employment to Improve Efficiency,productivity,and Competitiveness Is Often Referred to As

question 16

Multiple Choice

Reducing employment to improve efficiency,productivity,and competitiveness is often referred to as:

• A)outsourcing
• B)downsizing
• C)midsizing
• D)resizing
• E)cotton sizing

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Definitions:

Primary Succession

The process of ecological succession that occurs in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and other organisms usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited.

Keystone Species

A critical organism in an ecosystem that many other species depend upon, whose removal would lead to significant alterations in the ecosystem.

Self-Sustaining

Capable of maintaining and supporting itself without external assistance, often used in the context of ecosystems or communities.

Mutualistic Relationship

A type of symbiotic interaction where both organisms involved derive a benefit, enhancing their survival or reproductive success.