There are letters in Spanish that do not exist in English.

The most translated book after the Bible is Don Quijote.

There is a country in Africa whose official language is Spanish.

2. Who is the Director of the PTA Program?

3. Who does your clinical placements?

You are preparing a set of recommendations for the vice president by selecting data and research that supports your recommendations. You know that the vice president can either accept or reject your report and its recommendation because the vice president has ____________ power. 

Each year a Vancouver retailer organizes a formal dinner party, and top performers are recognized by the CEO at the event. A special project team sponsored by the vice president of finance is reviewing all company expenses to find and recommend cost savings. The special team is considering replacing the annual event with a simple and low-cost digital newsletter announcing top performers quarterly, rather than annually. How might this recommendation influence organizational culture?

Jennifer hired Colby and for six months they worked well together. Colby even referred to Jennifer’s group as a ‘real’ team. Then, Colby disagreed with Jennifer’s priorities at an important staff meeting. Jennifer reassured everyone that she welcomed different and opposing ideas and tension was avoided. Over the most recent two months, Colby has been increasingly critical of Jennifer – even making nasty comments when he thought Jennifer did not hear him. Jennifer decided to balance the situation by replacing Colby as project manager on a project that Colby wanted to manage. Colby confronted Jennifer and demanded to know why? Jennifer simply replied: “I replaced you because I can.” What source of power did Jennifer rely on to replace Colby?,

After a difficult mid-term exam, one classmate asks you to join them, and others, to request a ‘do over’ exam from the instructor. You decide to do this because you know that  ____________   ___________is a viable tactic of influence.

 Employees of the largest takeout restaurant in a small town are literally *eating* the profits. When an employee’s shift is 5 hours or more, the employee is allowed a food allowance. Most shifts however are 3 hours with no food allowance. So, some employees take food and drinks when the store manager is not on site and watching. Food waste is costly and reduces profitability. Food waste includes cut ingredients that are not sold and food orders that must be remade due to mistakes. Some ‘mistakes’ are eaten by employees as a self-managed food allowance.  Everyone knows that the store manager earns a bonus based on profit, and the manager’s bonus has been reduced each month for the past three months. The store manager needs a motivational strategy. Which approach to performance-based motivation can you recommend for the best opportunity to encourage employees to be concerned about profits?