Identify and discuss the reasons for resistance to change.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Several reasons for resistance arise regardless of the actual content of the change. These include inertia (an unwillingness to disturb the status quo), timing, surprise, peer pressure, self-interest, misunderstanding, different assessments (employees receive different—and usually less—information than management receives), and management tactics (attempting to force the change without addressing people's concerns).
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A. Ryan must give sufficient notice to the seller who must personally come and collect the eggs. B. Ryan must follow the seller's instructions that concern the disposition of the eggs. C. Ryan need not state any reasons to the wholesaler for rejecting the eggs. D. Ryan must sell the eggs on the wholesaler's behalf but cannot retain profits or take a commission.
Contribution margin is selling price minus unit fixed costs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The faculty ____ divided on the tuition increase and its effect on the teacher-student ratio
A) was B) were C) is
In order for a copyright holder to collect money damages from a person who used copyrighted material, it must be proven that
a. the infringement was intentional. b. the copyright holder sustained more than $500 in actual damages. c. the copyrighted material contained the copyright symbol, name of the copyright holder, and the year of copyright. d. the infringer actually copied the work.