List three useful guidelines that managers are encouraged to use as a result of Fiedler's contingency model.
What will be an ideal response?
The three useful guidelines that managers are encouraged to use as a result of Fiedler's contingency model are:
• Use their analytical skills to examine their situation-the people, the task, the organization
• Draw upon their research-based knowledge to see causal relationship between situation and style effectiveness
• Be flexible in the contingent use of various skills within an overall style
• Reflectively modify elements of their situations to obtain a better match with their preferred style
• Examine a subordinate's preferred style before placing him/her in a supervisory role
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Which statement is correct concerning the decomposition of the total variation?
A) Because it is not known that all the groups have the same mean, we cannot calculate the variance of all the observations together. B) If the population mean is the same in all the groups, then the variation in the sample means and the sizes of the sample groups can be used to estimate the variance of Y. C) By comparing the Y variance estimates based on between-group and within group variation, we can test the null hypothesis. D) All statements are correct.
When actual performance varies from the budgeted performance, managers will be more likely to revise future budgets if the variances were
a. controllable rather than uncontrollable. b. uncontrollable rather than controllable. c. favorable rather than unfavorable. d. small.
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During the rapid growth phase, the required return on this investment will be 20%, and it is expected to drop to 12% when growth slows. What is the current market value of this stock? A) $19.73 B) $23.98 C) $25.33 D) $29.43 E) $74.70
A POS terminal is a computerized cash register located in a retail store and connected to a bank's computer.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)