Boris oversaw the work of six pharmaceutical sales managers in the northeast region of the u. s. each sales manager managed a team of 8–10 pharmaceutical sales representatives that developed relationships with doctors, clinics, hospital pharmacies, and local drugstores. boris met regularly with four others in his company whose jobs were similar to his position. how would you describe the level of management boris has achieved?
a. middle managementb. top managementc. first-line managementd. supervisory management

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.