Carl believes that he is lucky to be working under a manager like mr. parker—conscientious, flexible and easy to work with. it was mr. parker who carl learn the demands of the job, gave him opportunities to learn from the mistakes he made, and always provided sound advice. mr. parker, who has been in the field for over eighteen years, never made carl feel like a novice and this only increased carl's personal confidence in his work and his loyalty toward his manager. carl, who is now doing very well on the job, aims to be a manager like mr. parker. from this scenario, which of the following conclusions can be drawn? a) mr. parker is an authoritarian manager. b) carl has a low degree of trust propensity. c) mr. parker has a high degree of referent power. d) mr. parker engages in a lot of ingratiation. e) mr. parker exercises a high degree of coercive power

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500