Tony is a project manager at a mid-size firm. His department recently underwent a construction project. That project was approved by the other department managers because of its energy-saving improvements, providing an overall reduction of natural resources by the firm. The project was a win-win for all the stakeholders. The project is an example of:

Nina works at a food and beverage company, and she is primarily responsible for implementing the president’s strategy by developing short-term operating plans. In addition to meeting biweekly with the president, she supervises nine first-line employees and meets with them on a weekly basis. Nina is a:

A company moved its corporate headquarters from City A to City B. After getting settled, the CEO of the company scheduled a meeting with the mayor, who serves as the Executive Officer of City B. The CEO of the company wants to be able to work well with the local government and other important stakeholder groups. Considering the three skills of effective managers, the CEO’s efforts to meet with the mayor reflects their technical skills.

Nouran, Jack, Colin, and Ryan are working together on a class project. Jack is the group leader, and he assigns each member a set of responsibilities based on their competencies and the work that needs to be completed. More specifically, Jack asks Colin to input a series of formulas into Excel, so that it will generate a set of visuals for the group’s written report. Jack likely asks Colin to set up the Excel sheet due to his:

Dunkin’ serves all hot drinks in double-walled paper cups at all locations across the United States, and their disposable drinkware replaced the use of polystyrene foam cups. The company’s efforts to use their resources wisely and responsibly illustrates:

Due to a variety of external environmental factors, a company moved its corporate headquarters from City A to City B. This move reflects the top management’s ability to conceptualize situations and take advantage of opportunities by way of their:

Olivia is the manager at the adidas Outlet Store, opening next week. Before the store opens, she is spending time building a positive rapport with her employees. Additionally, she is communicating the objectives for the new store to her employees and motivating them to achieve those objectives. Considering the four management functions, Olivia’s focus on encouraging her employees to work towards the objectives suggests that she is:

Alessandro, a marketing manager, has excellent decision-making skills. These skills will be required if Alessandro wants to one day become a vice president in the company, a ___________ manager, where there is a greater need for such skills.

Lila, one of the interns, wears business professional attire to the office for the first week of her internship. She notices that the full-time employees and the five interns all wear business casual attire. Though she has never been told she has to dress in a certain way, she feels as though she can now wear business casual attire, since everyone else wears that attire. Lila made this decision based on the ___________ of her coworkers.

A toymaker plans to use environmentally friendly materials to produce all its core products and packaging by 2030. The toymaker’s efforts illustrate: