As a manager, you meet with each of your team members quarterly to review their progress toward their written and agreed-upon goals. one of your employees, claire, had a goal of increasing sales in her territory by 10% in the first quarter of the year. however, when you review claire's sales numbers, you see that her sales have actually gone down. you know that claire is a hard worker and has an excellent relationship with her customers. when you sit down to discuss claire's performance, she explains what is happening in her territory. a major automobile manufacturer, which once provided 25,000 jobs, has moved its operations to mexico and laid off all 25,000 of its workers. as a result, the economy in claire's region has become quite depressed, and the residents are living off their savings. taking the steps of the planning/control cycle into account, what is your best course of action with claire?

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Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?