Ronald, the ceo of extel micro—a technology provider with 17,000 employees—answers his own phone and takes calls from employees of all levels. he actually loves to hear about what employees think the company is doing right and what they could be doing better. ronald is building teamwork by
a) creating an organizational culture that rewards listening.
b) rewarding employees with cash bonuses for good ideas.
c) giving high performers separate perks they value.
d) bolstering employee fairness.

With the slowdown of business, how can starbucks ensure that the importance of leadership development does not get overlooked?

David consumes two things: gasoline (g) and bread (b). david's utility function is u(g, b) = 10g^0.25 b^0.75. use the lagrange technique to solve for david's optimal choices of gasoline and bread as a function of the price of gasoline, p_g, the price of bread, p_b, and his income m. with recent decrease in the price of gasoline (maybe due to external shock such as shale gas production) does david increase his consumption of gasoline? for david, how does partial differential g/partial differential p_g depend on his income m? that is, how does david's change in gasoline consumption due to an increase in the price of gasoline depend on his income level? to answer these questions, find the cross-partial derivative, |partial differential^2 g/partial differential m partial differential p_g.

Labor unions have used which of the following to win passage of favorable laws such as shorter work weeks and the minimum wage? a. strikes b. collective bargaining c. lobbying d. lockouts