Peggy McLaughlin Runs an Ice Cream Shop

question 12

Multiple Choice

Peggy McLaughlin runs an ice cream shop.She is determining how many employees should work next week and at what times.She is performing which management function?

• A)organizing
• B)directing
• C)controlling
• D)planning

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Definitions:

Public Sector

The part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises, funded and operated by the government.

Inefficient

refers to the suboptimal allocation or use of resources in a way that does not maximize potential output or outcomes.

Voting Paradox

is a situation in social choice theory where collective preferences can be cyclic (A is preferred to B, B is preferred to C, and C is preferred to A), despite the individual preferences being consistent.

Majority-Rule Voting

A decision-making process where the option that receives more than half of the votes is chosen, commonly used in democratic systems and organizations.