At around 6 p. m., Joe, who manages the Spaghetti Restaurant, decided that it was a slow night and he sent home two of his waiters. At 6:30 p. m., the restaurant becomes very busy and the other employees are frustrated because orders are behind. However, Joe tells them that sending home the two waiters was the right decision and that the reason orders are behind is because they are distracted. This reflects . a. sticking to what you believe in
b. controlling your decision
c. implementation of a decision
d. escalation of commitment

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above

Which of the following results from the latest decision round is most important in providing guidance to company managers make in strategic moves and decisions to improve their companies competitiveness and rank among the top-performing companies in the current decision round

Suppose that, on the basis of a nation’s production possibilities curve, an economy must sacrifice 10,000 pizzas domestically to get the 1 additional industrial robot it desires but that it can get the robot from another country in exchange for 9,000 pizzas. now consider the following statement: “through international specialization and trade, a nation can reduce its opportunity cost of obtaining goods and thus ‘move outside its production possibilities curve.’”