As a Team Leader, Ginger's Team Has Recently Been Assigned

question 35

Multiple Choice

As a team leader, Ginger's team has recently been assigned to develop a new product that is viewed as a risky assignment in her company. To build credibility, what is best for Ginger to do?

• A) Focus primarily on managing agreement and disagreement among her team members during this assignment
• B) Express views with which her team members can agree, such as "We have a lot of diversity of opinion in our team regarding this assignment."
• C) Ask the human resources department to provide training that focuses on creative thinking to her team members
• D) Provide her team members with statistics related to the number of new products that have succeeded

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Definitions:

Variable Costs

Costs that change in proportion to the level of output or activity in a business.

Fixed Costs

Rent, salaries, and insurance charges are examples of expenses that are unaffected by changes in production or sales volumes.

EBIT-EPS Analysis

A tool used to study the effect of financing alternatives on a company's earnings per share and taxes.

Leverage

The strategic use of financial instruments or borrowed capital, such as debt, to increase an investment's potential return.