While Top Level Executives and the Board of Directors Have

question 19

Multiple Choice

While top level executives and the board of directors have wide-ranging discretion on leadership issues, most middle managers recognize that they must exercise leadership:

• A) only when told to by senior management.
• B) exclusively through incentive commissions.
• C) within the existing architecture.
• D) only when employees act completely lost.

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Definitions:

Silt

Fine-grained soil or sediment with particles smaller than sand and larger than clay, often carried by water and deposited as sediment.

Clay

A natural, earthy material composed of fine-grained minerals, often used in pottery, bricks, and sculpture, known for its plasticity when moist.

Gymnosperms

A group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, characterized by their naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary.

Angiosperms

A large group of plants characterized by having flowers and producing seeds enclosed within a fruit.