When using a decentralized approach to unit staffing, all of the following are advantages except one of the following. Which is not an advantage? Provides greater autonomy and flexibility for individual staff members. Is more cost effective in meeting overall organizational needs. Staff are able to negotiate time off requests directly with their manager. Managers retain greater control over unit staffing.

Choose the statement that is incorrect. a. search activity occurs only in markets where there is a shortage. b. when a price is regulated and there is a shortage, search activity increases. c. the time spent looking for someone with whom to do business is called search activity. d. the opportunity cost of a good is equal to its price plus the value of the search time spent finding the good.

The prebisch–singer hypothesis concludes that: a. technology lowers the cost of manufactured products, so developing countries should see an increase in their terms of trade. b. developing countries experience a long-run decline in their terms of trade, as the demand for primary products in higher-income countries declines relative to their demand for manufactured goods. c. because of unfair trading practices, labor in developing countries is exploited. d. opec has been responsible for a slowdown in the world's standard of living.

Companies under market structures are independent