CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Introduction to Strategic Management
Which of the following is generally an attribute of a strategic decision rather than an operational one?
A strategic decision typically requires large resources and is hard to reverse, while daily shop-floor, short-term and certain-information decisions are operational in nature.
- AIt requires a large amount of resources and is difficult to reverseCorrect
- BIt is taken daily by workers on the shop floor
- CIt has only a short-term impact
- DIt is based on certain, fully known information
Explanation
Strategic decisions need significant resources and are hard to undo. Daily shop-floor, short-term and fully certain decisions describe operational matters, since strategic decisions involve uncertainty.
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