If you were a manager, how would you use the grapevine?

What will be an ideal response?


Acknowledging the existence and even the importance of the grapevine in an organization is a good first step. Managers should respond promptly and aggressively to inaccurate grapevine information in order to minimize the damage that such misinformation might cause. Managers can also effectively use communication from the grapevine in a positive manner.

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________ are independently owned businesses that take title to the merchandise they handle. They are full-service and limited-service jobbers, distributors, and mill supply houses

A) Brokers B) Agents C) Merchant wholesalers D) Specialized wholesalers E) Retailers' branches

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Winters Corporation purchased 15,000 shares of Poores Corporation common stock for $60 per share on January 2, 2014. Poores Corporation reported net income of $1,500,000 for 2014 and paid dividends of $300,000 during 2014. Poores has a total of 50,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The entry that would be recorded to recognize the receipt of cash dividend is:

A) Cash 90,000 Dividend Income 90,000 B) Income, Poores Corporation Investment 90,000 Cash 90,000 C) Cash 90,000 Income, Poores Corporation Investment 90,000 D) Cash 90,000 Investment in Poores Corporation 90,000

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?Describe the process of strategic planning. How does this process help marketing managers?

What will be an ideal response?

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In a regression analysis of a first-order model involving 3 predictor variables and 25 observations, the following estimated regression equation was developed.  = 12 - 18x1 + 4x2 + 15x3 Also, the following standard errors and the sum of squares were obtained. sb1 = 3sb2 = 6sb3 = 7SST = 4900SSE = 1296 If we are interested in testing for the significance of the relationship among the variables (i.e., significance of the model), the critical value of F at?= .05 is

A. 2.76. B. 4.87. C. 3.10. D. 3.07.

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