What Should a Supervisor Ideally Do in Order to Overcome

question 29

Multiple Choice

What should a supervisor ideally do in order to overcome problems with meetings?

• A) When a participant begins discussing an unrelated topic, the supervisor should restate the purpose of the meeting.
• B) When the supervisor is prepared to lead the meeting but others are unprepared to participate, the supervisor should still go ahead with the meeting.
• C) The supervisor should ask team members to sit in rows so that it helps to target the most eloquent speakers.
• D) The supervisor should encourage participants to stray from the main topic and go off on tangents so as to prevent groupthink.

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Definitions:

Perfect Substitutes

Two goods for which consumers are completely indifferent as to which to consume, meaning the consumption of one good can fully replace consumption of the other.

Perfect Complements

Goods that are often consumed together in fixed proportions, such that demand for one increases demand for the other.

Cardinal Utility Functions

Utilize numerical values to represent the level of satisfaction or utility that consumers derive from different bundles of goods and services.

Ordinal Utility Functions

A representation of a consumer's preference ranking for different bundles of goods, without specifying the exact level of satisfaction.