Acme Investment Has Entered into a Contact to Purchase an Office

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Essay

Acme Investment has entered into a contact to purchase an office building from Good Office Corp. The sales price is all cash to the seller. Prior to the closing, Acme assigns its rights under the contact to Zebra Investments. Zebra shows up at the closing with the cash to buy the office building. Zebra is a competitor of Good Office and Good Office does not want to sell the office building to Zebra. Can Good Office refuse to sell to Zebra? What issues may affect your answer?

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Definitions:

Agreements Over Goals

The consensus or mutual understanding reached among members of a team or an organization regarding the objectives and targets to be achieved.

Delegating Style

A leadership approach characterized by assigning responsibility and authority to subordinates while maintaining accountability.

Initiating Structure

Leadership behavior that emphasizes task organization, assignment, and completion, focusing on defining role responsibilities.

Empowerment

Increasing the degree of autonomy and self-determination in individuals or communities to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way.