Mechanistic management is most effective when: the needs of the customer are variable and highly likely to change the technology is routine and stable so employees can be easily and quickly taught how to operate it the organization has to coordinate the activities of numerous employees in order to deliver a standardized product or service the organization needs to process large amounts of standard information

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?