Question

when a large marketing company contracts with a payroll service company to process employee checks for them, they are ______.
a. diversifying the workforce
b. outsourcing
c. telecommuting
d. completing the business cycle

please select the best answer from the choices provided

○ a
○ b
○ c
○ d

Explanation:

• Option a: Diversifying the workforce involves hiring people from different backgrounds, not related to contracting a payroll service.
• Option b: Outsourcing is when a company hires an external entity to perform a task (like payroll processing) that it could do internally. This matches the scenario.
• Option c: Telecommuting is about employees working remotely, not relevant here.
• Option d: Completing the business cycle refers to the stages of a business's economic activity, not contracting a service.

Answer:

B. outsourcing