
Understanding Business
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ISBN: 9781259929434
Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Transcribed Image Text:Assume that you are a project manager at a
biotechnology company and that you work with
managers from research, production, and marketing
on a major product modification. You notice that every
memo you receive from the marketing manager has
been copied to senior management. At every company
function, she spends time talking to the big shots. You
are also aware that sometimes when you and the other
project members are slaving away over the project, she
is playing golf with senior managers. What is your
evaluation of her behavior? As project manager, what
do you do?
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