To explain the analogous relationship between the trail and the hike to the plant and inventory Alex makes the following statement: On the trail I can tell everyone to hurry up, or I can tell Ron to slow down. In the plant, when departments get behind and WIP inventory starts building, people are shifted around, put on overtime, and the whip starts to crack. Product moves out the door and inventories start down again. We always hurry up or run; we never slow down or stop. Workers sitting idle are taboo. Group of answer choices True False

Which of the following is true of the strategy of planned and unplanned change in global marketing? a) cultural congruence involves deliberately changing certain aspects of culture to meet marketing goals. b) all marketing efforts require planned or unplanned change in order to be accepted. c) planned change involves marketing products similar to the ones already on the market. d) the first step in bringing about planned change in a society is to remove obstacles for acceptance of a product. e) social planners gained the acceptance of protein-rich diets among the peoples of underdeveloped societies using the strategy of planned change.