A large retail organization previously divided work among its four employee-benefitsstaff into distinct specializations. One person answered all questions about superannuation (pension plans), another answered all questions about various forms of paid time off (e. g. vacations), and so on. These jobs were recently restructured so that each person answers all questions for people in a particular geographic area. For example, one staff member is responsible for all employee-benefits inquiries from anyone in a particular geographic region. This job restructuring is an example of: A. self-leadershipB. job enrichmentC. job rotationD. scientific managementE. job specialization

Catherine de bourgh has one child, anne, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. anne lived at home for seven months during the year before leaving home to attend state university for the rest of the year. during the year, anne earned $6,000 while working part time. catherine provided 80 percent of anne's support and anne provided the rest. which of the following statements regarding whether anne is catherine's qualifying child for the current year is correct? a. anne is a qualifying child of catherine. b.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the gross income test. c.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the residence test. d.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the support test.

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration

Regarding the results of a swot analysis, organizational weaknesses are (a) internal factors that the organization may exploit for a competitive advantage (b) internal factors that the organization needs to fix in order to be competitive (c) mbo skills that should be emphasized (d) skills and capabilities that give an industry advantages problems that a specific industry needs to correct