________ influence are important for the leader to provide satisfactory benefits, obtain adequate resources, facilitate the work of the team, buffer subordinates from unreasonable demands, and represent their interests effectively.

A) Upward and lateral
B) Downward and lateral
C) Downward and diagonal
D) Upward and external

The mominal group technique (NGT)utilizes expert assessments to achieve short-run human resource demand forecasts.

Accountability refers to the extent to which people and teams feel responsible for their actions and decisions and teams that are accountable are less likely to focus on unshared information.When groups are made to be accountable for their ________,rather than ________,they are more likely to repeat unshared information and make better decisions.

A) time spent on the task; quota of tasks completed
B) leadership decisions; team decisions
C) process; their outcome
D) monetary gains; productivity gains

securities not held for trading or to maturity or other strategic reasons
A)debt securities
B)equity securities
C)investor
D)investee
E)fair value method
F)trading securities
G)available-for-sale securities
H)held-to-maturity securities
I)equity method
J)business combination

A call option on a stock is said to be in the money if

A) the exercise price is higher than the stock price.
B) the exercise price is less than the stock price.
C) the exercise price is equal to the stock price.
D) the price of the put is higher than the price of the call.
E) the price of the call is higher than the price of the put.

_____design divides organizations into self-contained units that are responsible for developing,producing and selling their own products and services to their own markets.

A) network
B) product
C) place
D) functional

Compromise is most useful for resolving conflicts that stem from power asymmetry.