As a link between different subgroups,Berta is a boundary spanner between different functional units.Berta is alone at the critical junction between these organizational networks,and serves an important role as a(n) ________.

A) information broker
B) advice tie
C) trust tie
D) leader

Thomas Martin receives an hourly wage rate of $40, with time-and-a-half pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours during a week. Payroll data for the current week are as follows: hours worked, 48; federal income tax withheld, $350; social security tax rate, 6.0%; and Medicare tax rate, 1.5%. What is the gross pay for Martin?

A) $449
B) $1,730
C) $2,080
D) $1,581

A company's extraction cost curve slopes upward to reflect:

A) that marginal extraction costs increase as the company extracts more of the resource.
B) that user costs rise as the company extracts more of the resource.
C) that the price of the nonrenewable resource increases as the amount extracted increases.
D) all of these.

Which of the following best describes zero coupon bonds?

A) bonds that are issued with no coupon payment and whose price is generally above the bond's par value
B) bonds that are issued with a coupon payment and whose price is generally above the bond's par value
C) bonds that are issued with no coupon payment and whose price fluctuates above and below its par value
D) bonds that are no longer issued because the Government of Canada requires that interest earned on bonds be paid out to investors

Normal profit is considered an economic cost.