Which of the Following Statements About Challenges in Operations Management

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about challenges in operations management is FALSE?

• A)Job specialization is giving way to empowered employees.
• B)Local or national focus is giving way to global focus.
• C)Sustainable production is giving way to a low-cost focus.
• D)Rapid product development is partly the result of shorter product cycles.
• E)The goal of mass customization is to produce customized products,whenever and wherever needed.

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Definitions:

Productive Activity

Actions or tasks that contribute to the production of goods and services in an economy.

Class-for-itself

Refers to a social group that is self-aware of its social position and its interests within the broader social structure.

Exploitation

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work or resources.

Proletariat

Workers or the working class, especially those without substantial capital or ownership of production means, in Marxist theory and analysis.