Tom Smith Is a Top Manager at a Diversified Company

question 4

Multiple Choice

Tom Smith is a top manager at a diversified company that has been tasked to identify inefficient, poorly managed companies in other industries and then acquire and restructure them to improve their performance and increase the profitability of the total corporation. Which of the following would be a strategy Tom might take to increase the performance of one of these newly acquired companies?

• A) Top managers of the acquired company are trained in more aggressive management techniques.
• B) The new top-management team consolidates assets and terminates staff to reduce the cost structure.
• C) The management team recommits to traditional strategies.
• D) All bonuses and incentive programs are terminated.
• E) The acquiring company uses the established goals to evaluate and review employees at all levels.

Recognize the nomenclature conventions for naming aromatic compounds including positional isomers.

Utilize knowledge of molecular structures to predict physical properties such as boiling points and melting points.

Interpret basic spectral data (NMR, UV-visible spectra) to identify aromatic compounds.

Understand the influence of substituents on the physical and chemical properties of aromatic compounds.

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Definitions:

Telecommuting

A work arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work, instead work remotely, often from home, using digital technology.

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Virtual Team

A group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries, connected by communications technologies.

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