For the first time, systems theory provides us with a complex communication model that allows us to ______.

A) focus on members' meaning and sense-making processes
B) find the best way for managers to communicate to employees
C) use communication to motivate workers in organizations
D) understand rules and types of authority that enable us to produce rules

Depletion is:

A) The process of allocating the cost of natural resources to the period when it is consumed.
B) Calculated using the double-declining balance method.
C) Also called amortization.
D) An increase in the value of a natural resource when incurred.
E) The process of allocating the cost of intangibles to periods when they are used.

Human capital is an important ingredient in the economic growth of a nation.

For a simple request, you need to provide all the following EXCEPT ________.

A) information you want to know or what you want readers to do
B) reasons why you're making the request
C) reasons why it may be in your readers' interest to help you (if applicable)
D) originals of the documentation

Firms in an economy with high labor costs have an incentive to use more ________ techniques.

A) labor-intensive
B) capital-intensive
C) capital-saving
D) labor-dependent