In an interview with Lise Saari, former director of global workforce research at IBM, she notes 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 value chain. This is an example of
A)relationships among activities within the firm and with other stakeholders.
B)relationships between firms.
C)interrelationships among activities within the firm.
D)interrelationships among firms.

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Managers must not ignore the importance of relationships among value-chain activities. These can be collaborative and strategic exchange relationships between value-chain activities either (a) within firms or (b) between firms. With regard to this example of the Lise Saari interview, this demonstrates interrelationships among activities within the firm.

In an Interview with Lise Saari, Former Director of Global