Which corporate culture do you value? imagine that upon graduation you have the good fortune to be offered two job opportunities. the first is with a corporation known to cultivate a hard- nosed, no-nonsense business culture in which keeping long hours and working intensely are highly valued. at the end of each year, the company donates to numerous social and environmental causes. the second job opportunity is with a nonprofit recognized for a very different culture based on its compassionate approach to employee work-life balance. it also offers the chance to pursue your own professional interests or volunteerism during a portion of every work day. the first job offer pays 20 percent more per year.

critical thinking

• which of these opportunities would you pursue and why?
• how important an attribute is salary, and at what point would a higher salary override for you the nonmonetary benefits of the lower-paid position?

Aproduction order quantity problem has a daily demand rate = 10 and a daily production rate = 50. the production order quantity for this problem is approximately 612 units. what is the average inventory for this problem?

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition. 1. sexual harassment 2. terminate 3. recruitment 4. professional development 5. union a. any unwanted sexual attention, the suggestions that maintaining one’s job or professional advancement depends on sexual favors, or verbal and/or physical harassment of a sexual nature b. to fire from a job or end a professional relationship c. an organization of those in the same industry who join together to more effectively bargain with employers d. the process of attracting and hiring employees e. continuing education in a chosen field

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e.g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.