Josephine, a manager at a bank, is cooperative, sociable, dependable, and unworried. However, she lacks the interest to bring about any changes in the operations of the bank and is narrow minded. This implies that Josephine lacks ___.

A) conscientiousness
B) openness to experience
C) agreeableness
D) extraversion
E) emotional stability

Disputes and open disagreements may erupt among units and people when workflow independence is high.

Which of the following is a good way to start a problem-solving performance review meeting with an employee?

A) Let the employee start with a self-evaluation.
B) Point out the employee's problem areas.
C) Inform the employee about the compensation implications.
D) Tell the employee that standards must be met.

An) _____ is defined as an organization of elements that change in response to events in its environment.

A) adaptive system
B) change management process
C) complexity index
D) scope change
E) reactive system

In Berg v. Traylor , the court found that:

A) a minor may not disaffirm an agreement signed by a parent.
B) the disaffirmance of an agreement by a minor does not operate to terminate the contractual obligations of the parent who signed the agreement.
C) Craig could not disaffirm the contract to secure personal management services because it was a contract to provide his and his family's necessaries.
D) Craig, an infant, could not disaffirm in this case because it would cause undue hardship on the other party.

Assuming continued inflation, a firm that uses LIFO will tend to have a(n) ________current ratio than a firm using FIFO, and the difference will tend to __________ as time passes.

A) higher; increase
B) higher; decrease
C) lower; decrease
D) lower; increase
E) identical; remain the same