Which of the following statements represents a strategy that is desirable for making effective teams? a) combining people with extremely high and extremely low abilities make a balanced team. b) individuals should ideally have one role in a team as multiple roles reduce their effectiveness and efficiency. c) diversity should be avoided as diverse teams involve a lot of conflict in day-to-day functioning. d) if a natural work unit is larger, its size must be maintained for the nature of the job requires large teams. e) the preference of individual members to work as a part of groups must be considered when forming teams.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?