When the contract with one of their major suppliers was about to expire, the management of pierre and collins began seeking tenders from potential vendors. one of the top management executives, todd hughes, wanted the contract to go to a vendor he personally knew. in order to do so, he held separate discussions with two key members of the organization wherein he downplayed the potentials of the competing tenders and convinced them to support this offer. at the meeting to finalize a supplier, todd and his supporters strongly supported the tender of the supplier they had chosen amongst themselves and convinced their ceo to hire this supplier despite the higher price quoted by him. which of the following power tactics is being used here? a) ingratiation b) legitimacy c) coalition d) pressure e) inspirational appeals

George herbert mead argued that the self develops through interactions with others. do you think that your personality or self developed through your interactions with others (parents, friends, teachers) or was it something that you were born with? give an example from your life to support your view.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.

What is the supreme court case of smith vs robinson about?