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What is the current state of Supply Chain Management (SCM)?
What is the current state of Supply Chain Management (SCM)?
- SCM is a well-established discipline with clear content, theories, and methods.
- SCM is a discipline that is not recognized by academicians and practitioners.
- SCM is a discipline that is grounded in the development of earlier disciplines.
- SCM is an emerging discipline with uncertainty and lack of focus. (correct)
What does the author suggest as a way to understand the likely development of SCM?
What does the author suggest as a way to understand the likely development of SCM?
- By disregarding the uncertainties and lack of focus in SCM.
- By applying a systemic perspective that focuses on the dynamics of relationships. (correct)
- By ignoring the development of earlier disciplines.
- By relying solely on existing disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and business.
What do Larson and Halldorsson note about SCM?
What do Larson and Halldorsson note about SCM?
- SCM is a well-established discipline with clear content, theories, and methods.
- SCM represents something new and relatively amorphous. (correct)
- SCM is grounded in the development of earlier disciplines.
- SCM lacks disciplinary focus in terms of content, central theories, and methods.
What does Kauffman note about SCM?
What does Kauffman note about SCM?
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How did disciplines in the past develop?
How did disciplines in the past develop?
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History often portrays individuals as working alone and struggling against the wisdom of the times in order to
History often portrays individuals as working alone and struggling against the wisdom of the times in order to
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What is one consequence of the fixation on heroes in history, according to the text?
What is one consequence of the fixation on heroes in history, according to the text?
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Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of an event influenced by borrowed thinking?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of an event influenced by borrowed thinking?
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What is one way in which the fixation on heroes in history limits our search for solutions?
What is one way in which the fixation on heroes in history limits our search for solutions?
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Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of a venerable icon with personal flaws?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of a venerable icon with personal flaws?
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