As captain of the soccer team, your primary concern is winning games and maintaining the strength of the team. Your players couldn’t care less about teamwork and just want to win. Which component of leadership would you recommend the leader focus on?
A. roles
B. common goals
C. process
D. influence
B. common goals
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Focus groups can use several variations of the standard procedure. Which of the following is not one of the variations mentioned in your text?
A) respondent-moderator group B) client-participant group C) tag-team moderator group D) mini-group
In a symmetric distribution, the values on either side of the center of the distribution are the same, and the mean mode, and median are equal
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Danny is a senior in high school and the captain of his varsity football team. He has played football throughout junior and senior high. He holds many school records, and his teammates respect him and look up to him. What kind of power does Danny have?
a. coercive b. resource c. expert d. personal
Accu-Tech, a small company in a tightly-contested market, discovers that sales reps of the firm's main competitor, Compu-World, have been making false and negative statements about Accu-Tech products and services
One of Accu-Tech's best customers calls the company's CEO asking about the rumors, and the CEO realizes that Accu-Tech may lose business from the Compu-World claims. What should Accu-Tech most likely do? A) Take out a full-page ad in the local newspaper disputing the claims with facts and stating that Compu-World has been lying to customers. B) Talk to Accu-Tech customers in person to give them the facts and research that support the truth about the firm's products and services. C) Contact the Compu-World CEO and arrange to divide up the local market to avoid duplicitous sales tactics. D) Take Compu-World to court for business libel and reciprocity unless the firm issues a public apology. E) Engage in a mass media campaign to spread negative information about Compu-World.