You Sit in on a Meeting Between Two of Your

question 118

Multiple Choice

You sit in on a meeting between two of your managers. The following conversation occurs:
Jasmeen: "I have been thinking all day about which one of the employees should be promoted to manager. Zahir, I'd like to get your opinion about the three possible candidates."
Zahir: "Hire Ahmed."
Jasmeen: "Well . . . I'd really like to discuss this so that we can both be comfortable with the decision."
Zahir: "You asked for my opinion. I said that we should hire Ahmed. We really need to get a move on this, Jasmeen. Can't you just make a decision?"
Jasmeen: "I'm sorry-maybe we can talk later."
Zahir: "You're sorry? Are you having trouble handling the pressure?"
-What of the following best reflects Jasmeen's motives in this conversation?

• A) Jasmeen is being assertive.
• B) Jasmeen is attempting to avoid hiring Ahmed.
• C) Jasmeen is using the dialogue to solicit grapevine information.
• D) Jasmeen wishes to make a connection with Zahir before making her decision.
• E) Jasmeen is attempting to stall the hiring decision.

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Estimated Income

An estimate of the revenue anticipated to be generated during a certain timeframe.

Yearly Income

The total pre-tax earnings received by an individual or household over the course of one year from all sources combined.

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Total Sum of Squares, a measure used in statistics to quantify the variance in a dataset.

SSE

Sum of Squares due to Error, a measure of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model, reflecting the unexplained variance within the model.