Amanda Winter worked as a public engagement coordinator at Safe Food Alliance until three months ago when her manager, Laura Mor
ris, promoted her to the position of a sustainable food campaigner. However, soon after this, Laura noticed that Amanda was facing major difficulties in achieving campaign milestones and the project was falling behind schedule due to her lack of performance. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument that Laura was influenced by the halo effect in her decision to promote Amanda? A) Laura is known to micromanage most of her projects. B) Laura uses cultural stereotyping in order to speed up the process of decision making. C) Laura has made good hiring decisions in the past and is known to be an unbiased judge of character. D) Laura sat in on only one of Amanda's presentations prior to giving her the promotion. E) Laura worked closely with Amanda over a period of eight months.
Laura sat in on only one of Amanda's presentations before giving her the promotion.
They were made by hand before slides were mounted on computers. Designing a PowerPoint presentation took several hours and though it was costly. Presentations were illustrated back then people with devices such as journal flip charts and computer monitors, but these have been used in schools and conference rooms worldwide.
Other options are incorrect because they are not related to the given scenario.
Sometimes the cash balance according to the books is not the same as the cash in the bank account and this is due to some transactions not being recorded by either the bank or the firm.
Adjusted cash balance per books = Unadjusted cash balance + Note receivable and interest collected by bank - Bank charge for check printing - NSF Check
This decision was likely based on an external threat. Which in this scenario is the economy. Economy is considered as an external threat because it is not in the control of the company itself but still directly affects the everyday business operations of the company as well as it's profit and costs. All of this equates to how well the company performs, therefore in a situation where the economy poses a threat decisions need to be made such as the one in this scenario.
