In Module 3, your first job is to develop the bid documents for key dates, insurance requirements, and bonding requirements and create a checklist of items that should be included in the bid package. You should also put together a list of work items and key deliverable dates. Also, develop the general conditions and schedule(s) for the project. Submit these items by the end of the week.

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.