Mr Cole Was Due to Give Evaluations of His Company's

question 45

Multiple Choice

Mr. Cole was due to give evaluations of his company's top managers in a few days. He had heard little from Tom Wilson, one of his sales managers, for the past eleven months. On looking over Tom's progress record, Cole saw that Tom usually met his monthly goals. Nevertheless, he was not an outstanding employee. However, this month Tom had submitted a marketing idea that tripled sales for five slow-moving products. When asked to name the outstanding sales manager of the year, Cole could not think of a person more worthy than Tom. Disappointed that they were overlooked, several top managers complained that, in his decision, Cole was

• A) allowing poor performance on one activity to influence his overall judgment.
• B) allowing recent performance to be overemphasized.
• C) discriminating on the basis of gender.
• D) overemphasizing some issues and underemphasizing others.
• E) discriminating on the basis of race and age.

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Definitions:

Anxiety Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by feelings of anxiety, worry, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

Phobic Disorder

is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by an excessive and irrational fear of an object, situation, or activity that poses little to no actual danger.

Chemical Imbalance

A theory suggesting that mental health conditions are associated with changes in the brain's chemical systems.

Biological Model

Model of explaining thinking or behavior as caused by biological changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body.