You are new to an organization and do not really know what to expect about the socialization process. You recently received your MBA and have an undergraduate degree in computer science. Your new firm is a software development company with an emphasis in the healthcare industry. Your hiring process included campus interviews, a daylong trip for an interview at the company, an offer phone call and letter, and some promotional material sent via the mail. When you arrive for your first day at work, you spend half a day in an orientation session that is conducted by the human resources department, where you complete paperwork and receive a company handbook. Then you spend the rest of the day with your supervisor, who gives you a tour, introduces you to your co-workers, and explains your first project. After that, you begin working and getting to know the others in the company. You find that in most respects, your experience fits your expectations, but in some ways you are surprised by realities that you hadn't expected. None of these surprises is too difficult to accept, so you eventually begin to feel at home and happy with your new job. When you begin to notice things that are not as you expected, you are in the ________ stage of socialization. encounter post-arrival orientation prearrival metamorphosis

Answer: encounter

Explanation:

Since the person is new to the organization and begin to notice things that are not going as expected, then the person is in the encounter stage of socialization.

Encounter stage is known as the second phase of socialization. It is the point of entry when a person first enters their new job. It depicts change and is a surprise of the newcomer.

Shelly, a sales manager at Best Computers, has recently moved from Dallas to Hong Kong for an expatriate assignment. Shelly is feeling disoriented, irritable, and stressed about her new job and living arrangements in Hong Kong, which means that she is most likely experiencing ________.

Seasons Manufacturing manufactures a product with a unit variable cost of $100 and a unit sales price of $176. Fixed manufacturing costs were $480,000 when 10,000 units were produced and sold. The company has a one-time opportunity to sell an additional 1,000 units at $140 each in a foreign market which would not affect its present sales. If the company has sufficient capacity to produce the additional units, acceptance of the special order would affect net income as follows:
A. Income would increase by $140,000.
B. Income would increase by $40,000.
C. Income would decrease by $8,000.
D. Income would increase by $8,000.

Identify the members of the supply chain who are affected by a high forecast. (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. The firms that own the supply chain incur the expenses of high forecasting. The operations managers pay for the costs incurred due to high forecasting. The workers pay for the costs incurred due to high forecasting. The customers pay for it in the form of higher prices.

What is one main objective in the study of economics?
RE
recognizing the types of services available to everyone
O recognizing the relationship between producers and consumers
O recognizing the reasons why consumers supply services
O recognizing the difference between producers and consumers

It is April 2018 and Mark is a novice investor who wants to decide between purchasing shares in EagleCorp or Myna Bird Inc. In fiscal year 2017, EagleCorp's return on invested capital (ROIC) was 15 percent, and its cost of capital was 12 percent. During the same period, Myna Bird Inc.'s ROIC was 22 percent and its cost of capital was 25 percent. What does this information tell Mark? Question 1 options: Myna Bird Inc. is more likely to create value while EagleCorp is more likely to destroy value. EagleCorp is more likely to create value while Myna Bird Inc. is more likely to destroy value. Both Myna Bird Inc. and EagleCorp are likely to create value. Neither Myna Bird Inc. nor EagleCorp are likely to create value.

Inflation is a macroeconomic measure that describes:

An oil well exploded in Western Colorado, killing three workers. The well was owned by Denver-Carrington, a large multi-national oil company. The families of the workers are suing Denver-Carrington, claiming the company was negligent in maintaining the oil well. In its defense, Denver-Carrington offers two documents. The first is a monthly maintenance report filled out by the company's regional safety inspector, indicating that the oil well was inspected and found to be in good working condition every month from the day it was built until the day it exploded. The second is an e-mail, written by the same inspector to the CEO of the company, which was written a few hours after the incident and provides a physical description of the damage to the pump and the surrounding area. The plaintiffs object to both documents as hearsay. The judge should: a. Preclude both documents. b. Admit the monthly maintenance report but not the e-mail. c. Admit the e-mail but not the monthly maintenance report. d. Admit both documents.

A builder from State A sued a homeowner from State B for breach of contract in federal court, alleging that the homeowner failed to pay the second half of the agreed-upon price for completion of construction on a house. The process server attempted to serve the summons and complaint on the homeowner at the house, but after two failed attempts, instead served it on an elderly next-door neighbor, who was out in the front yard and volunteered to accept it on the homeowner's behalf. The homeowner then filed a motion to dismiss for insufficient process. Assume that the requirements for service of process in both states are identical to the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Is the court likely to dismiss the action for insufficient process

Pinacle Corp. budgeted $229,130 of overhead cost for the current year. Actual overhead costs for the year were $209,320. Pinacle's plantwide allocation base, machine hours, was budgeted at 45,320 hours. Actual machine hours were 44,020. A total of 100,250 units was budgeted to be produced and 98,000 units were actually produced. Pinacle's plantwide factory overhead rate for the current year is:

Nintendo built a security chip into its game console hardware and then licensed the right to develop games to outside firms. These firms paid a royalty to Nintendo for each copy of the game sold. This is an example of Nintendo using ________ products. a. complement b. substitute c. differentiated d. unrelated

amount of tax, TTT, in dollars to be paid by an individual with an income of III between 8{,}2258,2258, comma, 225 and 34{,}50034,50034, comma, 500 dollars is given by the equation above. Tax is paid from the portion of income above 8{,}2258,2258, comma, 225 dollars and the remaining amount becomes a part of disposable income. What percentage of income above 8{,}2258,2258, comma, 225 dollars remains after paying tax for an individual whose income falls within the specified range

A gas station owner properly filed a breach of a noncompete clause in an employment contract case in federal court against a former manager, who began building a similar gas station across the street. The owner's complaint requested money damages and an injunction to stop the construction. The former manager wants a jury trial, but the gas station owner prefers that the issue be litigated before the judge. Can the former manager demand a jury trial for both claims

Tammy is talented at craft but lacks the cash flow management skills required to run a business. She opens a store, Tammy's Craft Corner, with the help of her son David - a business major - who manages the budgets and expenses of the business. David prepares the quarterly budget and maintains a company book for recording all transactions. The company book balance that David regularly updates is the sum of:

Adams, a general contractor, Brinks, an architect, and Carson, an interior decorator, formed the Dex Home Improvement General Partnership by contributing assets as follows: Fair % of Partner Share Adjusted Market in Capital Asset Basis Value Profits and Losses Adams Cash $40,000 $40,000 50% Brinks Land $12,000 $21,000 20% Carson Inventory $24,000 $24,000 30% The land was a capital asset to Brinks, subject to a $5,000 mortgage, which was assumed by the partnership. Brinks' initial basis in Dex is:

Economic profit is defined as _____ Question 17 options: a) total revenue plus what must be paid to resources to attract them from their best alternative use. b) total revenue divided by what must be paid to resources to attract them from their best alternative use. c) the price of the goods sold minus the quantity of goods sold. d) total revenue minus what must be paid to resources to attract them from their best alternative use. e) total revenue minus the cost of the goods produced.

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acc 450 Anderson embezzled $20,000 from her company's account in Bank X. At year-end, she hid the shortage by making a deposit on December 31 in Bank X, drawn on Bank Y. She has not recorded the transaction on the books. This is an example of:

Suppose that in a particular market, the supply curve is highly elastic and the demand curve is highly inelastic. If a tax is imposed in this market, then the a. buyers and sellers are likely to share the burden of the tax equally. b. buyers will bear a greater burden of the tax than the sellers. c. sellers will bear a greater burden of the tax than the buyers. d. buyers and sellers will not share the burden equally, but it is impossible to determine who will bear the greater burden of the tax without more information.

Alain is a sales representative for an established awnings manufacturer. Business is good, but he is concerned that the company has spent little on new product development and has not created a new product in over five years. Without new products, Alain can market his current products only to his current customers or Multiple Choice diversify. intensify his prototyping. expand his early adopter market segment. market the same products to similar customers.

The U.S. dollar depreciates. Explain which of the following events could have caused the depreciation and why. a. The Fed intervened in the foreign exchange market and sold dollars. b. The Fed intervened in the foreign exchange market and bought dollars. c. People began to expect that the U.S. dollar would depreciate. d. The U.S. interest rate differential increased. e. Foreign investment in the United States increased.

Select all that apply Some disadvantages of relying solely on financial measures include that: (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. they can encourage managers to focus too heavily on short-term goals. they can encourage managers to focus too heavily on long-term goals. some profitable opportunities may be rejected to keep return on investment high. residual income is not as effective when comparing investment centers of different sizes. they require managers to focus on too many perspectives.

Effective controls relevant to purchasing of raw materials should usually include all of the following except Obtaining third-party written quality and quantity reports prior to payment for the raw materials. Determining the need for the raw materials prior to preparing the purchase order. Systematic reporting of product changes that will affect raw materials. Obtaining financial approval prior to making a commitment.

Alvez Company reports net income of $305,000 for the year ended December 31. It also reports $93,700 depreciation expense and a $10,000 loss on the sale of equipment. Its comparative balance sheet reveals a $40,200 increase in accounts receivable, a $10,200 decrease in prepaid expenses, a $15,200 increase in accounts payable, a $12,500 decrease in wages payable, and a $100,000 decrease in notes payable. Calculate the cash provided (used) in operating activities using the indirect method\

Which of the following statements is true?
A. ASC 740 focuses on the income tax expense or benefit on the income statement
B. ASC 740 focuses on the balances in the deferred tax assets and liabilities on the balance sheet
C. ASC 740 focuses on the income taxes paid or refunded in the Statement of Cash Flows
D. ASC 740 focuses on the computation of a company's effective tax rate in the income tax note to the financial statements

For managers, the importance of Maslow's contribution is that he showed that workers Group of answer choices are interested only in compensation that helps them fulfill physiological needs. have needs beyond that of just earning a paycheck. are as complex as their organization. expect an employer to fulfill every level in their hierarchy of needs. have needs that cannot be understood by their employer.

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1; Choose a business or an industry that is considered as a perfect market and explain which characteristics of a perfect market are not met by this business or industry.​

A famous jazz pianist and a nightclub owner executed a contract that called for the pianist to perform at the nightclub five times per week for six months. The contract prohibited the pianist from giving public performances during the contract period at any other venue located within a specified distance of the nightclub. Three months into the contract term, the pianist received a more lucrative offer to play a series of shows at a restaurant located within the contractually prohibited area. The pianist accepted the offer. Upon learning about this arrangement, the nightclub owner filed a suit seeking an injunction to prevent the pianist from performing at the restaurant. The nightclub owner has made no attempt to hire another performer to replace the pianist. The judge determines that the contract restriction on the pianist is reasonable. Is the judge likely to grant the injunction

Mrs. Moreau was planning to have several guests at her home for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. She had cooked Shady Brook Farms fresh turkeys in the past and had enjoyed them very much. When she went to her usual grocery store, she discovered that the store no longer carried the Shady Brook Farms brand. She called several other grocery stores and was finally able to locate Shady Brook Farms fresh turkeys at a small grocery store approximately 10 miles away. She drove to the store and bought a 20-pound Shady Brook Farms turkey, even though the price per pound was higher than what she normally paid at her usual grocery store. For Mrs. Moreau, the Shady Brook Farms turkey was a(n)

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