Your Company Is Downsizing

question 29

Multiple Choice

Your company is downsizing. If you advocate a plan to lay off employees equally from each department (10 percent from marketing, 10 percent from production, etc.) , which response to conflict are you using?

• A) Forcing
• B) Accommodating
• C) Avoiding
• D) Compromising
• E) Collaborating

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Definitions:

Carpels

The female reproductive organs of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style, which can develop into fruits and seeds after fertilization.

XIST Gene

A gene that is crucial for X-chromosome inactivation, a process that occurs in females to prevent the overexpression of X-linked genes.

Barr Body

A Barr Body is an inactivated X chromosome found in the cell nuclei of female mammals, visible as a dense mass.

Lac Operon

A group of genes with a single promoter that are involved in the transport and metabolism of lactose in bacteria and regulated together.