1. When do you feel you are more likely to make decisions rationally instead of emotionally? Why? 2. Which decision-making biases are the biggest challenges for you? Why? 3. As the manager of a multicultural team, what could you do to minimize possible negative cultural effects on the team’s decision-making process? 4. Identify a decision you faced in which you were ethically challenged. What did you do? Would you do anything differently if you had it to do over? 5. As a manager, what can you do to enhance the ethics of your staff’s decisions? 6. Think of a time when you made a particularly creative decision. What elements of the decision-making process you used most influenced your creativity?

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Consider the following scenarios. use what you have learned to decide if the goods and services being provided are individual, public, or merit goods. for each case, state what kind of good has been described and explain your answer using the definitions of individual, public, and merit goods. (6 points each) 1. from your window, you can see a city block that's on fire. you watch city firefighters rescue people and battle the flames to save the buildings. 2. while visiting relatives, you learn that your cousins attend a nearby elementary school that is supported financially by local property tax revenue. 3. you see a squadron of military jets flying overhead. 4. you find out that your aunt works for a defense manufacturing company that has several defense contracts with the government. she tells you that she works for a team that is producing a communications satellite. 5. your class visits a local jail run by a private, profit-making company that detains county criminals and is paid with tax revenue.

Suppose the following items were taken from the 2017 financial statements of whispering winds corp.. (all dollars are in millions.) common stock $3,230 accumulated depreciation—equipment $3,940 prepaid rent 175 accounts payable 1,560 equipment 6,940 patents 2,270 stock investments (long-term) 670 notes payable (long-term) 780 debt investments (short-term) 1,740 retained earnings 6,175 income taxes payable 150 accounts receivable 1,740 cash 1,290 inventory 1,010 prepare a classified balance sheet in good form as of december 31, 2017. (list current assets in order of liquidity.)