Influenced by industrial organization research, a subfield of economics, _______ is a more recent way of thinking about strategic consensus than is the one promoted as the dominant approach in the early development of strategic management:

A. creating strategic priorities and goals simultaneously
B. establishing strategic priorities before setting goals
C. identifying the strength and weaknesses of the firm and then letting firm-level strategic priorities emerge naturally
D. focusing on goals, and then creating strategic priorities on how to compete

B

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This approach to management owes much to other major schools of thought. For example, many of the ideas of the Gilbreths (scientific management) and Barnard and Follett (administrative management) influenced its development from 1930 to 1955. In fact, it emerged from a research project that began as a scientific management study. Which classical approach to management has been described here?

A. administrative management B. systematic management C. scientific management D. human relations E. bureaucracy

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Which of the following is a primary result of the change in the nature of communication as a result of mobile technology?

A) Spelling and grammar skills have improved. B) The relationship between senders and receivers has been altered. C) There are fewer opportunities to create new business. D) There are fewer communication challenges between the sender and receiver. E) Businesses place less emphasis on writing skills.

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