Jack Works for a Small Software Company

question 87

Multiple Choice

Jack works for a small software company. The owner asks Jack and his co-workers to brainstorm ways to improve customer satisfaction and to vote on which ones they'd like to implement. Once the final decisions are made, the owner asks Jack for his acceptance. The owner of the software company is attempting to implement which motivational theory?

• A)uncertainty
• B)sociocracy
• C)Theory X
• D)Theory Y

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Definitions:

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

Since the mid-1940s, the film industry’s principal trade organization. See also Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

Hollywood Ten

A group of film directors and screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood during the late 1940s and 1950s because of their alleged communist ties or sympathies.

Blacklist

The industry-wide purge of alleged Communist influence between 1947 and 1959. All told, about three hundred writers, directors, producers, and actors were rendered unemployable following accusations regarding their political and/or union affiliations.

Film Noir Ideology

Refers to the thematic and stylistic elements typical of film noir, including moral ambiguity, fatalism, and the dark side of human nature.