Some employees in an organization want to focus on profitability while others want to focus on doing the maximum good for the maximum number of people. What type of conflict is occurring here?
a. Values conflict
b. Task conflict
c. Process conflict
d. Information conflict
Answer: a. Values conflict
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a. increases in both the birth rate and life expectancy. b. decreases in both the birth rate and life expectancy. c. a decreasing birth rate and increasing life expectancy. d. an increasing birth rate and decreasing life expectancy.
Which of the following represents a primary group as an agent of socialization?
A. Military unit B. Teacher C. Friend D. Newscaster
Lin, a company owner, wants her workers to feel less alienated. In addition to trying to institute a supportive work environment, Lin decides to
A. allow workers to be more creative at their jobs. B. have unhappy workers fired so she can hire less alienated ones. C. have strict outlines on how jobs should be performed. D. separate workers physically so they can concentrate better.
The implication in Chapter 2 is that oligarchs are likely also __________
A) socialists B) plutocrats C) Marxists D) in poverty