According to fiedler’s contingency theory of leadership, leader behaviors easy , hard) to change, and ( people oriented , task-oriented) leaders perform best in intermediately favorable situations.

the swimwear department at roobeezy, a discount clothing store, is a mess. the six employees absolutely hated their last manager, and they aren’t very fond of each other. there is a great deal of confusion in the department, because the last manager asked her employees to do their own displays, but she didn’t give them any training or instruction in good display practices. the employees have complete freedom to do whatever they want, but they have no idea how to approach the job. last week, they took a bunch of mannequins, dressed them in bikinis, and hung them on the front of the store, violating six city ordinances. fortunately, for the manager you hire, the employees still have some respect left for the title of department manager.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Arecession is defined as a period in which

True or false: it is generally better to concentrate your exercise time on the weekends only for maximum aerobic benefit.