A Small Business Owner Has a Line of Credit from a Bank

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Essay

A small business owner has a line of credit from a bank with a nominal interest rate of seven percent.For several years,the price level has been rising at an annual rate of two percent,but the owner has just read in the newspaper that economists expect next year's inflation rate to be four percent or more.Assume that this owner may either continue the line of credit at seven percent,or renegotiate to alter both the size of the credit and the interest rate.What reason might there be for the owner to keep the credit terms as is? What argument might justify changing the credit agreement?

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Definitions:

Personal Power

Describes an individual's ability to influence or control the circumstances of their own or others' lives.

Formal Hierarchy

A formal hierarchy is an organizational structure where individuals and groups are ranked according to levels of authority, responsibility, and status within the organization.

Zone Of Indifference

A range within which attempts to influence a person will be perceived as legitimate and accepted without critical thought.

Psychological Contract

Is an unwritten set of expectations about a person’s exchange of inducements and contributions with an organization.