What are closed-ended and open-ended questions? Use example to discuss

For years Evo has supported athletic teams, but only recently did the Seattle-based e-commerce company launch a formal work team. Like many organizations, the online retailer of snowboard, ski, skate, and wake gear used team metaphors loosely to describe anything involving random groups of employees. But Evo got an education on real work teams when the company formed a team for its creative services employees.

The new group, which is comprised of a photographer, designer, and copy writer, is responsible for producing Evo’s magazine ads, promotions, and web site content. Although the individuals’ roles are not generally interchangeable, photographer Tre Dauenhauer might dabble in design, graphic designer Pubs One may write a few lines of copy, and copywriter Sunny Fenton might snap photos on occasion. Most team projects require a combination of eye-grabbing photos, clever words, and a compelling design, and the teammates are committed to a common purpose.

When the creative services team launched, group members moved into their own space, away from Evo’s chaotic, open-plan work areas. Being together every day enabled the team members to become better acquainted and move through the “forming” stage more quickly. But even with close quarters, Dauenhauer, One, and Fenton needed help navigating the conflict-ridden, storming stage of their team’s development. Before joining the team, they functioned individually and weren’t used to sharing power or making decisions as a group. To help the members learn to work together, Nathan Decker, director of e-commerce, became the team leader. As a skilled negotiator, Decker makes sure his talented trio steers clear of dysfunction and delivers the goods. Any time the team finishes a project, Decker brings members together for a post-mortem discussion—a method of reviewing what was learned, and how things could be executed differently. It’s here that the team members identify new routines and rituals to incorporate into their process for future improvement.

Due to Decker’s leadership and skillful negotiation of conflicts, members of the creative services team are learning how to communicate in ways never before possible. Having a skilled leader to facilitate work processes has helped build team cohesiveness and deliver a collective output that is greater than the sum of its parts.

1. What organizational dilemma was hurting Evo’s creative output, and how did management resolve the problem using teams?

2.   How might Nathan Decker lead effectively as the team starts “norming”?

3.   Can you relate the group performance factors of composition, size, norms, cohesiveness, and informal leadership to Evo?

what is competitive pricing and how is it used? in 300 words and in own words please

To be Completed in C#

Write a program that creates an exception class called ManyCharactersException, designed to be thrown when a string is discovered that has too many characters in it. Consider a program that takes in the last names of users. The driver class of the program reads the names (strings) from the user until the user enters "DONE". If a name is entered that has more than 20 characters, throw the exception. Design the program such that it catches and handles the exception if it is thrown. Handle the exception by printing an appropriate message, and then continue processing more names by getting more inputs from the user. Note: Your program should exit only when the user enters "DONE".

SAMPLE OUTPUT:

Enter strings. When finished enter DONE

Short string

You entered: Short string

Medium size string

You entered: Medium size string

Really really long string, someone stop me!

You entered too many characters

DONE

You entered:

DONE

Good bye!

Solve the following:

1. The engineering director asks her managers if they have any nominations for promotions from within their respective departments. The maximum number of promotions allowed for the entire division is 2. The nominations must be selective and only for people whose performance whose performance has been outstanding. One manager thought his whole team had been outstanding, so he recommended all 10 promotions. He reasoned, “It is better for the morale of the team that they know that I support all of them fully. If the director now promotes 1 of the 10 or none at all, then they will not feel so bad knowing that at least I have thought them all worthy of being promoted.” What should the director do?

2. The customer service manager is a busy person. He rushes from one problem to another without actually taking time to complete any job and solve any problem properly. What control problem does the customer service manager have? What can he do to enhance his job effectiveness?

3. Mary Stevenson, the shop manager, works well with all of the staff members. She regards Mike Denver, who has the longest tenure and most extensive experience in the group, as the second in command for the day-to-day operation. The shop is modernizing its operation with the use of computers. Mary Stevenson and her boss, Craig Martin, decide to bring in a young computer specialist, Janet Carter, from outside. To make sure that the shop modernization process moves forward, Mary Stevenson spends a lot of time with Janet Carter. Mike Denver sees less and less of Mary Stevenson, although Mary still depends on Mike for the day-to-day operation. Mike resents being shut out from the work done by Mary and Janet. Mike does not complain, but after six months, he tenders his resignation and goes to work for a competitor. Mary Stevenson is shattered. She deeply regrets this major loss to the shop. What went wrong? What was not controlled? What would you do differently?

Whenever an exception arises, it terminates the program execution, which means it stops the execution of the current java program.
a) Identify and explain how the remedy for the exception is considered.
b) Implement the above-identified remedy in the java program to overcome the problem raised in the exceptional case when we try to open and close the files.

What are the economic and human costs of White-Collar crime? How are the costs different from street crimes?

Please answer in 300 words.

what is time based pricing and how is it used? in 200 words and in own words please

explain what the term "leakage" means. identify the three main ways that economic Leakage can occur?

Provide pricing methods (at least 3) and costing methods(at least 3) that can be used by service industries in the event management activities such as annual dinner of the company or training seminar.

1. Create HiArrayPerson class to store objects of type class Person (in java ) and Give example

When traveling through mountains, most highways periodically have emergency escape ramps to allow large, heavy vehicles to stop safely, even when their brakes are not working properly. One such escape ramp is angled 13 ∘ above the horizontal. The brakes on one large truck (mass 1.4×10⁴ kg ) fail when driving at a speed of 80 miles per hour (35.75 m/s), and the driver makes use of the escape ramp.

Part A: What is the minimum length of ramp necessary for this truck to come to a stop? Assume negligible friction and air resistance forces.

Part B: If instead dissipative forces (friction and air resistance) provide a constant force of 60,000N parallel to the ramp, what is the minimum length of ramp necessary for this truck to come to a stop?

my answer for part A is 290 m, but I am unsure how to get the answer for part B. please help

Finley designs and manufactures displays used in mobile devices. Serious flooding throughout the region affected ​Finleys' facilities. Inventory was completely​ ruined, and the​ company's computer​ system, including all accounting​ records, was destroyed.

Before the disaster recovery specialists clean the​ buildings,

Heather Bailey​, the company​ controller, is anxious to salvage whatever records she can to support an insurance claim for the destroyed inventory. She is standing in what is left of the Accounting Department wtih Tad Myers​, the cost accountant. "I didn't know mud could smell so​ bad,"Tad says.​ "What should I be looking​ for?" ​"Don't worry about beginning inventory​ numbers," responds Heather. ​"We'll get them from last​ year's annual report. We need​ first-quarter cost​ data." "I was working on the​ first-quarter results just before the storm​ hit," Tad says.​ "Look, my​ report's still in my desk drawer. But all I can make out is that for the first​ quarter, material purchases were $524,000 and that direct​ labor, manufacturing overhead​ (other than indirect​ materials), and total manufacturing costs to account for were $545,000​; $218,000​; and $1,508,000​, respectively.​ Wait, and cost of goods available for sale was $1,615,000​." ​"Great," says Heather. ​"I remember that sales for the period were approximately $1.6 million. Given our gross profit of 15​%, ​that's all you should​ need." Tad is not sure about​ that, but decides to see what he can do with this information.

the beginning inventory numbers are as follows:

He remembers several schedules he learned in college that may help him get started.

Requirement

Determine the ending inventories of raw​ materials, work in​ process, and finished goods. Assume that Raw Materials Inventory contains only direct materials.

Start by determining the ending inventory of raw materials by calculating the direct materials used.

​Next, determine the ending inventory of work in process by calculating the cost of goods manufactured.

​Finally, determine the ending inventory of finished goods by calculating the cost of goods manufactured.

what is geographic pricing and how is it used? 300 words and in own words please