Which One of the Following Is Not Part of the Task

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is not part of the task of checking a diversified company's business lineup for adequate resource fit?

• A) Determining whether the excess cash flows generated by cash cow businesses are sufficient to cover the negative cash flows of its cash hog businesses
• B) Determining whether recently acquired businesses are acting to strengthen a company's resource base and competitive capabilities or whether they are causing its competitive and managerial resources to be stretched too thinly
• C) Determining whether business units offer opportunities to transfer skills or technology or intellectual capital from one business to another
• D) Determining whether the company has adequate financial strength to fund its different businesses and maintain a healthy credit rating
• E) Determining whether the corporate parent has or can develop sufficient resource strengths and competitive capabilities to be successful in each of the businesses it has diversified into

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic

A psychological theory or approach that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious psychological processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

Collectivist

Pertaining to cultures or societies that prioritize the group over individual interests, emphasizing community, cooperation, and interdependence.

Projection

A defense mechanism in which unwanted feelings are displaced onto another person, where they then appear as a threat from the external world.

Sublimation

Sublimation is a defense mechanism proposed by Freud in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.