Alex is the R&D manager with Digital Copier Inc. The company is having a problem with one of its most popular copiers jamming. The vice president of marketing told Alex that "we need to quickly discover how to turn this problem into a desirable situation. You need to determine the underlying cause of the problem and perhaps even make improvements to the copier." When Alex analyzes the underlying causes of the paper-jam problem, which function is he performing?
A. synergy
B. diagnosis
C. analytics
D. feasibility
E. MBO
B. diagnosis
Whether you're confronted with a problem or an opportunity, the decision you're called on to make is how to make improvements, or how to change conditions from the present to the desirable. This is a matter of diagnosis, which entails analyzing the underlying causes.
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