Answer:
b) Cut hours and workers in order to minimize costs
Explanation:
Rational decision making is the process by which a business manager analyses different factors and outcomes before choosing a particular line of action.
The manager will have to choose between alternative options that are available.
In the given instances only the option to cut hours and workers in a bid to reduce cost shows the manager made a decision to achieve a goal (cost reduction).
The other options do not define a clear business goal and a strategy to achieve it
Answer:
B) the personal qualities and characteristics that differentiate leaders from nonleaders
Explanation:
The trait theory of leadership compares the traits (characteristics and qualities) of a leader to the traits of both successful and unsuccessful leaders. The characteristics the leader possesses would be used to predict if the leader would be successful or not.
Some of the traits used in this theory includes- demographic, intellectual, physiological and intellectual