A Company Needs Performance Targets or Objectives

question 14

Multiple Choice

A company needs performance targets or objectives

• A) for its operations as a whole and also for each of its separate businesses,product lines,functional departments,and individual work units.
• B) because they provide parameters for the company's strategy map.
• C) in order to unify the company's strategic vision and business model.
• D) to help guide managers in deciding what strategic path to take in the event that a strategic inflection point is encountered.
• E) in order to prevent lower-level organizational units from establishing their own objectives.

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Definitions:

Hydrogen Bond

A weak bond formed between a hydrogen atom in one molecule and an electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, in another molecule, important in the structure of water and biological molecules.

Polar Covalent Bond

A type of chemical bond where a pair of electrons is unequally shared between two atoms.

Water Molecule

A chemical compound consisting of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom, essential for all known forms of life.

Hydrogen Atom

The simplest type of atom, consisting of one proton in the nucleus and one electron orbiting the nucleus, fundamental to the chemistry of life.