“Acting your wage” is a recent trend discussed online with organizational employees. This phrase means to put in the amount of effort equivalent to the pay received. Although this seems new, it is not. Social Exchange Theory would call this the comparison level. 

A group of directors were asked to come up with a company-wide emergency plan. The directors worked together and reported their recommendations to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). The directors were using ______________ communication to come up with the plan and __________________ communication to report to the COO. 

Weber’s theory encouraged favoritism and especially nepotism, or hiring of family members over other qualified workers. 

A group of artisans make handmade pottery in an assembly line style. Each person has his or her own portion that they have mastered. One forms, one glazes, and another fires each piece. They are not trained to do one another’s jobs and each piece comes out slightly different. Although they function similarly to a machine, what is the only part of the machine metaphor represented here?

Deep structures are those concepts that are deeply ingrained as a part of a culture. 

In all of the conflict management styles, there was one ideal outcome. _________________ would allow some personal gain and the task will be accomplished. Everyone may not get exactly what they want, but no one completely loses out. 

Toni has hired two new employees for her family business. One is her son, Brian. She feels that Brian has grown up with the business and is very familiar. Brian has made some suggestions for improvement that Toni is considering. She enjoys working with her son and they talk about family things during the work day. According to LMX, what type of relationship do Toni and Brian have?

The Petpalooza Co. had two meetings today about their new line of dog beds. They had to hold two separate meetings because not everyone could make one time. In the first meeting, they shared how the beds would ship from the manufacturer to the stores. The team leader for the second meeting didn’t provide that information. The shipping day was chaotic because not everyone had shared meaning for the shipping process that caused a lot of confusion and misinformation going to stores. The _________________ was off because it was not communicated to all parts of the organization. 

__________ leadership is the idea that someone is a good leader based upon their personal qualities. 

Are the following activities of Grainger Baking Company considered operating, investing, or financing activities?   Grainger Baking Company purchased 100 shares of stock in Bucky Badger Corporation   Grainger Baking Company sold 2 dozen cookies to Sparty Wolverine.    Grainger issues a bond to raise funds to purchase a new industrial oven.   Using the funds received from the bond, Grainger purchases the new industrial oven.  This oven will be used in the kitchen to produce desserts for Grainger to sell to customers .   Grainger pays their employees for the last two weeks of work   Now that Grainger has a new industrial oven, they sell the old oven.  This old oven had been used to bake cookies to sell to customers.