Oakley, a freshman just starting college, hasn't decided on his major. he is looking into operations management and is also exploring job opportunities in this field. which of the following statements about jobs for operations management majors is most accurate? if he majors in operations management, oakley will
a. have limited job opportunities because operations management positions are only available in the slowly growing manufacturing sector. b. acquire skills and knowledge that are valuable to firms in both the manufacturing and service sectors. c. have plenty of job offers, but they will mainly be in low wage positions in the service sector. d. find plenty of employment opportunities in the government and education, but not very many in the private sector.

6. why the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short run in the short run, the quantity of output that firms supply can deviate from the natural level of output if the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level. several theories explain how this might happen. for example, the misperceptions theory asserts that changes in the price level can temporarily mislead firms about what is happening to their output prices. consider a soybean farmer who expects a price level of 100 in the coming year. if the actual price level turns out to be 90, soybean prices will , and if the farmer mistakenly assumes that the price of soybeans declined relative to other prices of goods and services, she will respond by the quantity of soybeans supplied. if other producers in this economy mistake changes in the price level for changes in their relative prices, the unexpected decrease in the price level causes the quantity of output supplied to the natural level of output in the short run.