1.) Bright Eyes Inc. has an onsite daycare facility and provides employees full-time daycare at a very low cost. The company implemented this years ago when managers realized that childcare responsibilities were contributing to the high number of employees leaving the company each year and many employees taking paid and unpaid leaveto unreliable daycare. This example highlights which of the following dividends of workplace diversity?

a.Increased quality of team problem solving

b.Reduced costs associated with high turnover, absenteeism, and lawsuits

c.Enhanced breadth of understanding in leadership positions

d.Better use of employee talent

e.Increased understanding of the marketplace

2.) Tabbitha is nervous about giving a presentation at the marketing firm where she works. One of her male coworkers told her, "Don't be such a girl, attack that presentation!" Now Tabbitha is so concerned about appearing tough that she can barely concentrate on the content of the presentation. Tabbitha's anxiety stems from:

a.ethnocentrism.

b.the female advantage.

c.plurality.

d.stereotype threat.

e.glass ceiling threat.

3.) Alex's Animal Crackers (AAC) does not use its resources efficiently or effectively. The employees at AAC spend too much time in meetings and not enough time focusing on the task at hand. AAC's management should consider changing the organizational structure from __________ to __________.

a.horizontal; vertical

b.team-based; horizontal

c.team-based; virtual network

d.mechanistic; rigid

e.vertical; team-based