Knowledge Workers

question 77

Multiple Choice

Knowledge workers

• A) manage information and make it available to decision makers in the organization.
• B) are the most common type of worker in the twenty-first century organization.
• C) depend on communication to obtain information to do their jobs effectively.
• D) all of the above

Understand the principle of comparative advantage and its implications for international trade.

Analyze the impact of specializing based on comparative advantage on a country's production and consumption possibilities.

Calculate opportunity costs and identify comparative advantages from given data.

Understand the conditions under which countries can benefit from trade.

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Definitions:

Interdependent

Mutually dependent; where two or more entities rely on each other.

Obedience

The act of following orders or instructions from an authority figure, or conforming to rules or laws.

Solomon Asch

A psychologist best known for his research on social conformity.

Leon Festinger

A social psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt by an individual when holding contradictory beliefs or values.