Competency

Assess the historical impact of art on modern culture, society, and the workplace.

Instructions

As a team leader in the Creative Department, you run bi-monthly strategy and brainstorming sessions with all agency employees. Your boss sat in on the last session and expressed mild disappointment in the general lack of groundbreaking innovation by the team (though you still managed to shine individually). Consequently, your boss has directed all agency employees to complete a unique exercise in creative thinking.

Your boss presented it this way: "All employees must submit an electronic portfolio of photographs and explanations." When the team expressed confusion, he clarified this way: "There should be a significant number of photographs in your portfolio, and the photographs should be of your real workplace items." As final enlightenment, he offered the following: "Placing workplace items into unique environments and arrangements will prompt you to reconsider and repurpose the familiar and mundane."

Following your boss's instructions, you went to your workspace and started thinking. As you pondered the tricky task ahead, you identified some elements that you considered essential to demonstrate as part of your portfolio submission:

How technology can aid in repurposing everyday items.

How innovative repurposings can solve problems in the workplace.

How everyday items can be repurposed as forms of logos or branding.

How Apollonian and Dionysian perspectives can expand creativity in the repurposing of everyday items.

With those elements in mind, you feel ready to get to work. As you pull out your camera, you remind yourself that explanations are a key part of this project. With clever pictures and clear analysis, you can be sure that your submission will reflect your guiding principle: My portfolio should reveal plainly that I gave real thought and consideration to how workplace items can be refashioned into something different or better. You believe that everyone has natural creativity, and you're excited to tap into yours for this endeavor.

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Johnson and Gomez, Inc. is a small firm involved in the production and sale of electronic business products. The company is well known for its attention to quality and innovation.

During the past 15 months, a new product has been under development that allows users improved access to e-mail and video images. Johnson and Gomez code named the product the Wireless Wizard and has been quietly designing two models: Basic and Enhanced. Development costs have amounted to $205,500 and $286,500, respectively. The total market demand for each model is expected to be 56,000 units, and management anticipates being able to obtain the following market shares: Basic, 20 percent; Enhanced, 15 percent. Forecasted data follow.

*Computed on the basis of sales dollars.

Since the start of development work on the Wireless Wizard, advances in technology have altered the market somewhat, and management now believes that the company can introduce only one of the two models. Consultants confirmed this fact not too long ago, with Johnson and Gomez paying $36,100 for an in-depth market study. Sales salaries (excluding commission) will be $93,500 no matter which product is sold. The marketing and advertising costs indicated for each product are incurred only if that product is sold. Other fixed overhead is expected to be the same, regardless of which product is introduced.

a Compute the unit contribution margin for both models. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b Prepare a financial analysis and determine which of the two models should be introduced.

Which of the following statements is true of conflicts?

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Human conflict is not a normal occurrence.

Managers should pursue all the conflicts in which employees are involved.

Interaction among parties who differ in interests leads to conflict.

Conflicts always end in hostility and frustration.

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Question 20.1 pts

Which of the following statements is true about negative conflicts?

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They boost esteem or purpose.

They decrease innovation and creativity.

They decrease emotionality.

They increase values clarification.

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Question 30.1 pts

According to the traditional view of conflict management, conflict is

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seen not only as an inevitable factor, but also as a necessary factor for maintaining a degree of tension that can be helpful in keeping a group creative.

seen as a positive force for change within organizations, groups, and relationships.

viewed as a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should and could be stopped at the source.

viewed as a natural part of human existence and is accepted as a normal part of group interaction.

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Question 40.1 pts

According to the interactionist view of managing conflict, conflict is

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a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should be stopped at the source.

a natural part of human existence and should be accepted as a normal part of relationships.

inevitable, but maintaining a degree of tension can actually be helpful in keeping a group energized and creative.

always bad and should be avoided at all costs.

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Question 50.1 pts

The different business units of Carlton Motors compete against each other for technology, supplies, equipment, and human talent. As a result, the management and the business units encounter frequent organizational conflicts. These conflicts are most likely to be a result of

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risky shifts.

groupthink.

social loafing.

limited resources.

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Question 60.1 pts

In terms of organizational conflicts, differences between members of one group is an

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intrapersonal conflict.

intergroup conflict.

intragroup conflict.

interorganizational conflict.

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