In the Last One Week, May and Phyllis Have Been

question 20

Multiple Choice

In the last one week, May and Phyllis have been putting in extra hours at work so that the project assigned to them by their manager is completed well within time. Though the manager was due to assign two more people for this project, he had not done so. As a result, May and Phyllis, who were having to do double their routine workload, went and complained to the division manager. May was promptly suspended from work for complaining about her immediate supervisor. This represents the operation of ________ power.

• A) legitimate
• B) referent
• C) coercive
• D) reward
• E) expert

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Definitions:

Direct Labor

This refers to the wages and other costs for labor directly involved in the production of goods or the provision of services, not including indirect labor costs such as maintenance.

Differential Profit

The difference in profit between two alternative decisions or time periods.

Allocated Fixed Costs

Fixed costs that are assigned to a specific department, project, or segment of a business.

Discontinuing

The process of ending the production and sales of a product line, business segment, or an entire business.