Chapter 11 Communication and Information Technology True/False Questions UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION 1. If a manager clearly and articulately verbalizes instructions to a subordinate‚ communication can be said to have taken place. (False; moderate; p. 293; AACSB: Communication) 2. In the study of management‚ communication generally refers to interpersonal communication. (False; moderate; p. 293; AACSB: Communication) 3. When work groups tease a member who’s working too hard or producing
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Chapter 7 In this chapter‚ the author uses an example of dieting to show that people use other people’s very basic understanding of markets to control them‚ and how knowing more can save you more. He says that a major contributor to that is that people‚ especially in America‚ can spend money that is not theirs. This is called a credit system (uses credit cards). Being able to do this‚ he says‚ is a good and a bad thing because people can overspend and end up broke. He says that this ties into
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Vanessa Barroso-TavaraChapter 39 Questions and Case problems BBG 232 2.) Michael Smyth was an at will employee therefore his termination could have been with or without reason. Also‚ although Electronic Communication Privacy Act protects employee privacy‚ and employers are not allowed to intercept emails; employers still have the right to monitor emails in certain circumstances. Thus‚ in the case of Michael Smyth‚ he himself was emailing his supervisor; it wasn’t personal‚ it was for the ordinary-course-of-business
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A.P. U.S. History Chapter 3 Pages 68-83 Expansion and Native Americans 1. What caused a massive decrease in the numbers of New England Native Americans? Huge amounts of people fell to conflict and even more to disease. 2. What actions were taken by New Englanders to further the demise of Native tribes? The New Englanders regularly raided and massacre the native peoples around their towns 3. What were the causes of the Pequot War? The results? The cause of the Pequot war was a
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Alleyse Lipscomb BA 310-01 Chapter 11 Compensation: Methods and Policies 1.) Should the federal government place a ceiling on CEO compensation? Why or why not? CEO compensation is not a problem for the federal government to police‚ but due to the over compensation and stock options CEOs are receiving‚ they may need to step in. As of now‚ executive pay is “pay for performance”‚ which is covered by a base salary‚ bonus‚ and long-term incentives. Some companies have employment agreements that
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Chapter 22 3. The following two quotes are from the website for the FTIF Franklin High Yield Fund dated December 31‚ 2009(http://www.franklintempleton.com.es/pdf/funds/fdata/0825_ksp_es.pdf): a. “Portfolio risk is controlled primarily through our extensive bottom-up‚ fundamental analysis process‚ as well as through security and industry diversification.” What does this mean? The statement refers to how FTIF Franklin High Yield Fund seeks to contain portfolio risk‚ which is to say how it seeks to
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BEJEE E. GILLE 3BSECE-1 1. How could the planning process be followed to create a plan for continuous improvements in Lands End’s online costumer service? - By gathering information‚ settings a mission and goals‚ devise strategies‚ implement plan‚ monitor performance‚ and lastly evaluate plan. Those are the planning process to be followed to create a plan for improvements in their online costumer service. 2. If you were hired by Lands’ End to help benchmark its costumer service performance‚ which
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Calculate the percentage change in the value of equity. (h) What would be the impact on M. Match Ltd’s risk exposure if its liabilities paid semi-annually as opposed to annually? Q.3 An insurance company issues a $100‚000 one-year bond paying 7% annually in order to finance the acquisition of a $100‚000 one-year corporate loan paying 9 % semi-annually. (a) What is the insurance company’s maturity gap? What does the maturity model state about interest rate risk exposure given the insurance
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Chapter 7 Questions: 3. Compare and contrast the two types of antennas. - omnidirectional antennas: the antenna transmits in all directions simultaneously. One common omnidirectional antenna is the dipole antenna (nicknamed the “rubber duck” because of its flexibility); omnidirectional antennas transmit in all directions‚ both horizontally and vertically. The signal goes in all directions‚ as well as up and down‚ although there is often a small dead spot with no signal that is a very small area
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CHAPTER 7 FLEXIBLE BUDGETS‚ DIRECT-COST VARIANCES‚ AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL 7-1 Management by exception is the practice of concentrating on areas not operating as expected and giving less attention to areas operating as expected. Variance analysis helps managers identify areas not operating as expected. The larger the variance‚ the more likely an area is not operating as expected. 2. Two sources of information about budgeted amounts are (a) past amounts and (b) detailed engineering studies
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