Marta is a dean at linden state university, a school with an enrollment of almost 20,000 students. in her daily activities, marta has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets, and a variety of other things. marta is currently focusing her efforts on fundraising. she sees this generation as the cohort on which to focus most of her attention.

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Laws corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $16,000. estimated cash savings from using the new machine are $4,120 per year. the machine will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life of six years and the required rate of return for laws corporation is 12%. the machine's internal rate of return is closest to (ignore income taxes) (a) 12% (b) 14% (c) 16% (d) 18%

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.