You and Your Friend Created a Technology Start-Up

question 13

Multiple Choice

You and your friend created a technology start-up.Since its inception,it has become very successful and you've had to hire many employees.At what point will you realize that it has become,in Georg Simmel's terms,a large group?

• A) when you don't know everyone's name
• B) when formal job titles are created and formal hierarchies between employees emerge
• C) when you have to build cubicles for your employees' privacy
• D) when you begin issuing stock options to employees as part of their compensation package

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Definitions:

Cell Respiration

The metabolic process by which cells break down sugars to produce energy in the form of ATP, involving both aerobic and anaerobic pathways.

Organelles

Organelles are specialized structures within a cell that perform distinct processes necessary for the cell's life functions, such as mitochondria, ribosomes, and the nucleus.

Nonreproductive

Referring to functions, behaviors, or organs not directly involved in the process of reproduction.

Interphase

The state of a cell carrying out its normal daily functions and not dividing.