Simone Is a Supervisor at Bales Machinery

question 49

Essay

Simone is a supervisor at Bales Machinery.According to the employee handbook,smoking is prohibited everywhere on company property,but this rule has not been enforced in years.Three of Simone's employees like to gather at break time in front of the loading dock and smoke.Today,Simone noticed these employees smoking at break time and immediately gave them each a written warning for violating company policy.None of the three had ever been a disciplinary problem before.Comment on Simone's actions.

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational Stage

A developmental phase in children, identified by Jean Piaget, typically occurring between ages 7 and 12, where children begin to think logically about concrete events.

Cognitive Development

Cognitive development is the process by which individuals acquire and evolve in their thinking abilities, from infancy through adulthood, encompassing reasoning, memory, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Equal Amounts

Refers to a situation where two or more entities possess the same quantity or measure of something.

Conservation

In cognitive development, conservation is the understanding that certain properties of objects remain the same despite changes in their form or appearance.