Management by walking around (MBWA) refers to an old strategy that results in ineffective upward communication. a practice in which executives get out of their offices and learn from others in the organization through casual face-to-face dialogue. the process used by new executives to get familiar with their new office design and layout. a communication process that should be used only when executives need to explain corporate decisions to the lower-level employees.

marketing strategies should be established before marketing objectives are decided. t/f

Adds up the money earned by producers plus taxes paid to the goverment. a) income approach b) product approach c) expenditure approach

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.