Decentralized purchasing is the practice where individual, local purchasing departments throughout a single corporation make their own, individual purchasing decisions to fulfill their individual local needs

Which of the following statements is true of the managerial school of social responsibility?

A) It argues that a firm must have the trust of all groups, both internal and external. B) It argues that the social costs of doing business are the collective responsibility of the government. C) It asserts that a business is a legal entity in our society that must be held responsible for its activities. D) It sees all business units as accountable to elected public officials.

The ________ stage of the socialization process explicitly recognizes that each individual that the organization comes across during the selection process has a set of values, attitudes, and expectations about both the work to be done and the

organization. A) post-encounter B) prearrival C) metamorphosis D) preencounter E) post-arrival