Sullivan said to his manager, "Theo, I need to tell you that I have received an unsolicited offer from a competitor. I've enjoyed my eight years at Smith Enterprises, and I'd like to stay. But the offered salary is 20 percent higher than my current salary. The other firm cited what I have learned this past year on the public works job as a particularly valuable skill." Sullivan is a highly valued employee, and Theo has been grooming him as his successor. If Theo were to consider market rates as an important indicator of worth in responding to Sullivan, Theo would most likely
A. transfer Sullivan to a division in another city where the competitor does not have an office.
B. terminate Sullivan's employment for insubordination and lack of loyalty.
C. explain to Sullivan that internal resource considerations establish Sullivan's salary.
D. contact the competitor and inform them that Sullivan is "off limits."
E. seek to retain Sullivan by increasing his salary by 25 percent.

Suzanna decided not to pay federal income tax, saying that paying federal income tax is optional. describe two possible consequences of suzanna’s decision

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i. e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)