Richard, a researcher, is of the opinion that organizations should empower employees, and suggests this should be done by designing work to be done by self-managing teams. Which of the following statements would validate Richard's argument? a. Self-managing teams are highly involved in decision making.
b. Self-managing teams do not have the authority to schedule work or hire team members.
c. Organizations do not have to incur additional training expenditures.
d. Team members do not have to perform a wide variety of tasks, and they view their effort as significant.
e. Self-managing teams consume more time and result in lower productivity.

Arguments made against free trade include all of the following exceptdumping is an unfair trade practice that puts domestic producers of substitute goods at a disadvantage that they should be protected against. national defense considerations justify producing certain goods domestically whether the country has a comparative advantage in their production or not. free trade is inflationary and should be restricted in the domestic interest. if foreign governments subsidize their exports, foreign firms that export are given an unfair advantage that domestic producers should be protected against. infant industries should be protected from free trade so that they may have time to develop and compete on an even basis with older, more established foreign industries.