Tom has just taken over as the boss for widget production at your company. The widgets are produced on a moving assembly line, and everyone on the line has a very specific job to perform. However, Tom has noticed that many of the workers are not happy and wants to make some changes to improve the quality of work life at the factory. He thinks that by adding tasks which require similar skills to their existing job that the employees will be more satisfied.

What type of job expansion would this be considered?

You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 25 percent stock a, 25 percent stock b, and the remainder in stock c. based on the following information, what is the expected return of your portfolio? state of economy probability of state return if state occurs of economy stock a stock b stock c recession .16 - 16.4 % - 2.7 % - 21.6 % normal .55 12.6 % 7.3 % 15.9 % boom .29 26.2 % 14.6 % 30.5 %

Experienced problem solvers always consider both the value and units of their answer to a problem. why?

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?