Mike is the director of human resources for a 120-employee family-owned manufacturing firm. mike has been quite busy the last year reforming the benefit offerings to comply with recent changes in healthcare laws. given the many changes, mike took the opportunity to completely overhaul the employee benefits program including replacing the old medical plans with three brand-new plans. mike is preparing to tell employees about their new benefit offerings a few months prior to the benefits open-enrollment period. given the number of employees, he decides to design a nicely formatted powerpoint slide deck explaining the changes and to send this presentation via email to all employees. one day into the open-enrollment period, his inbox is flooded with over 50 emails from confused employees. mike is puzzled, but realizes he may have made a mistake in communication. which of the following best describes the primary communication mistake he made?

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u. s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u. s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u. s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.

Use the drop-down menus to complete each sentence. according to the theories of friedrich august von hayek, the economy may be too complicated to think in terms . hayek believed was dangerous and could lead to severe inflation. milton friedman supported changes policy to influence economic growth. answers : aggregates; expansionary policy; monetary