Robin Baker, a Top Manager at Westinghouse, Has Recently Been

question 37

Multiple Choice

Robin Baker, a top manager at Westinghouse, has recently been put in charge of a new multimillion-dollar project.She selects several individuals to participate in this effort and assigns each certain tasks to perform.Furthermore, she has set up a group hierarchy and indicated that all decisions must be routed through this chain of command.Robin is exhibiting which leadership style?

• A) democratic
• B) authoritarian
• C) laissez-faire
• D) participative
• E) despotic

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Definitions:

Declining-Balance Method

Depreciation method that applies a constant rate to the declining book value of the asset and produces a decreasing annual depreciation expense over the useful life of the asset.

Accelerated Depreciation

A method of depreciation that allows larger depreciation expenses in the early years of an asset's life and smaller expenses in the later years.

Useful Life

The estimated period over which a fixed asset is expected to be usable by a company, influencing depreciation calculations.

Plant Asset

A plant asset is a long-term tangible asset used in the operation of a business that is not intended for resale, such as machinery, buildings, and equipment.