Allison is a manager at a local bank. Upon arriving to work Tuesday morning, she was told that two of the bank tellers got into a heated argument the day before-- ending in one employee storming out early. Three employees witnessed the argument, so Alison asks each to complete an incident report explaining what they saw. She wants to make appropriate communication decisions based on accurate and complete information. But when Allison receives the written reports, she realizes that each employee's version of what happened is different. Why is this? Where did miscommunication occur and how might it be avoided in the future?

One of the scarce resources that constrain our behavior is time. each of us has only 24 hours in a day, and we must allocate our time in a given day among competing alternatives. how do you go about allocating your time in a given day among competing alternatives? how do you go about weighing the alternatives? once you choose a most important use of time, why do you not spend all your time on that activity? a. as more and more time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities rises. b. as less and less time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities rises. c. as more and more time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities falls. d. b and c only.