Was slavery a best practice model of management? If so, when and why, and why didn’t modern industry develop on a slave basis?

What will be an ideal response?


A model answer would include discussion of slavery as a model that shows familiarity with Cooke’s ideas; Some discussion of the organization of a plantation economy, and ideally discussion of Adam Smith’s statement for a free market capitalism as also including a free market in labour

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Which one of the following statements is false?

a. The primary determinant in selecting an inventory costing method should be the ability of the method to accurately reflect the net income of the period. b. The amount of cash to acquire inventory is the same for companies that use LIFO as for those companies that use FIFO. c. Differences in cash flows between LIFO and FIFO inventory methods are caused by differences in taxes. d. Differences in cash flows between LIFO and FIFO inventory methods are a direct result of the differences in the purchases

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Watson and Hoffman's study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased perceptions would suggest ______.

A. influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership B. women are much more likeable than men C. emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias D. there continue to be barriers to women's emergence as leaders in some settings

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The fact that political and economic elites in other countries tolerate corrupt and unethical conduct and are the very ones to benefit from that conduct in certain cases does not provide evidence to support the claim that what we take as unethical is ethically acceptable there.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The written proposal is best described as a(n):

A) government formality that customers do not read B) standardized document that highlights pricing C) opportunity to demonstrate writing skills D) plan of action based on facts and assumptions E) analysis of competing products and services

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