You work as the sales manager for a company that sells paper supplies to businesses of all sizes. Because the profit margins are razor-thin, you need to ensure that you are getting the very best prices on all paper supplies from the manufacturers. When reviewing the quarterly profit statement, you realize that your costs are higher than they should be, and you trace the higher costs back to an employee who has been lax about getting competitive bids to ensure the lowest prices. When you conduct your research to determine the reason for the higher costs, and take action to bring those costs back down, in which of the key management processes are you taking part?

Controling.

Explanation:

Analyzing the above scenario, it is possible to identify that the process of determining the reason for the higher costs and taking measures to reduce those costs is part of an organization's control management process.

It is essential that each company has a well-established control management system, as a way of positively influencing employees in the company and ensuring that all strategic activities and actions are carried out as planned to achieve organizational objectives and goals.

An effective management control process ensures that companies operate more effectively, improving organizational resource management processes, reducing costs and making management more structured and effective so that a company remains competitive and profitable in the market.

answer: b) the us is the leading importer but not the leading exporter.

extra info:

the u.s is the largest importer but it is not the largest exporter as china sits on the top of the table when it comes to leading exporters.

but u.s is not far from first,

they rank in 2nd globally as the worlds largest exporter.

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