Ben Says: "We Need to Select the Team Members for the Dragon

question 147

Multiple Choice

Ben says: "We need to select the team members for the Dragon Owls project. I have identified seven essential skills we need to make this project successful: leadership skills, creative skills, conceptual skills, collaborative skills, technical skills, interpersonal skills, and planning skills. Therefore, we should bring at least seven people on to the team." Which of the following is assumed by Ben's argument?

• A) No potential member of the Dragon Owls project has better leadership skills than conceptual skills.
• B) Every potential member of the Dragon Owls project has outstanding skills in at least one respect.
• C) Some potential members of the Dragon Owls project have creative skills and planning skills.
• D) No potential member of the Dragon Owls team has both conceptual skills and interpersonal skills.
• E) Every potential member of the Dragon Owls team with technical skills also has collaborative skills.

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Definitions:

Total Product

The overall quantity of output that a firm produces, usually in relation to a given input of labor or capital.

Marginal Product

The additional output that results from adding one more unit of a specific input, holding all other inputs constant.

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Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.