Disposable diapers, toilet paper, and paper towels, are all paper-based products that customers value for their ability to absorb fluids without disintegrating. P&G’s shares the R&D costs associated with developing and making even more advanced absorbent, paper-based products across these three distinct businesses units. They also use the same sales force to sell its whole array of products to retailers. These strategies allow P&G to obtain economies of scope from the ability to share resources and obtain synergies across business units.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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A less expensive way to get training for one or two key people is to _______.
a. produce a specially tailored in-house program b. send them to a university program c. fire them d. talk to them about what they could do better
Human resources are influenced by cultural values because values are the foundation of motivation and evaluation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
“Accumulating and using informal power to achieve personal and/or organizational objectives” is the definition of ______.
A. impression management B. deception C. organizational politics D. none of these
Identifying the strategic issues a company faces and compiling a "worry list" of problems and roadblocks is an important component of company situation analysis because
A. without a precise fix on what problems/roadblocks a company confronts, managers are less clear about what value chain activities to benchmark. B. the worry list helps company managers clarify their thinking about how best to modify the company's value chain. C. without a precise fix on what problems/issues a company confronts, managers cannot know what the industry's key success factors are. D. the worry list sets the management agenda for taking actions to improve the company's performance and business outlook. E. these issues and obstacles must be cleared before management can focus clearly on what is the best strategy for the company to pursue.