An executive states that HR must be a true partner of the business, with a deep and up-to-date understanding of business realities and objectives, and must ensure HR initiatives fully support them at all points of the values chain. This is an example of?

a. interrelationships among firms
b. relationships among activities within the firm and with other stakeholders
c. relationships between firms
d. interrelationships among activities within the firm

b. relationships among activities within the firm and with other stakeholders

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know