Patricia Is a Team Leader

question 44

Multiple Choice

Patricia is a team leader. When looking at an e-mail from one of her team members, Patricia noticed that the e-mail was sent at nine-thirty in the evening. The next day she personally went to the employee's cubicle and told him how much she appreciated him staying late to get the project to the client on time. Which aspect of creating a positive organizational culture is Patricia utilizing?

• A) rewarding more than punishing
• B) building on organization strengths
• C) emphasizing individual growth
• D) building on employee strengths
• E) providing extrinsic rewards

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Definitions:

Total Variable Costs

The total of all costs that vary with the level of production, including materials, labor, and other expenses that change with output.

Units of Output

The quantity of product that a company produces in a given period.

Marginal Costs

The increase in total production cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Average Fixed Cost Curve

A graph that shows the fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, illustrating how these costs dilute over larger production volumes.