Explain the country-of-origin effect
What will be an ideal response?
Country-of-origin perceptions are the mental associations and beliefs triggered by a country. In an increasingly connected, highly competitive global marketplace, government officials and marketers are concerned with how attitudes and beliefs about their country affect consumer and business decision makers. They want to strengthen their country's image to help domestic marketers who export and to attract foreign firms and investors. Marketers want to use positive country-of-origin perceptions to sell their products and services.
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Briefly describe the five criteria that measure the effectiveness of a performance management system.
What will be an ideal response?
Scott works for an organization that describes itself as a "learning organization." As a manager, which of the following actions is Scott most likely to take while working for this organization?
A. Scott encourages his employees to work alone and attempt to fix problems themselves for maximum efficiency. B. Scott likes to promote from within because those folks know how "it has always been done." C. Scott avoids the high costs of training and development since his employees are already familiar with standard procedures. D. Scott puts all of his time into running his part of the organization, and feels that reading trade journals is a big time waster. E. When Scott needs another employee, he deliberately looks for someone who will bring something new to the organization.
The accounts payable department reconciles the accounts payable subsidiary ledger to the control account
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Which of the following exculpatory clauses will most likely be enforceable?
a. An exculpatory clause that relieves a riding stable of negligence. b. An exculpatory clause that relieves a riding stable of gross negligence. c. An exculpatory clause that relieves a riding stable from intentional torts. d. A riding stable's exculpatory clause that is hidden in an eight-page document that all riders are required to sign.