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:

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:

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:

Consider the efforts that organizations take to encourage ethical behavior. Now, assume you are the president of a student organization. You could manage ethics by doing the following, EXCEPT:

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:

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:

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.