The tool managers use to meet employees' career development where the manager and employee jointly merge the latter's past performance, career preferences, and developmental needs into a formal career plan is called:

Network Industries, Inc, wants to monitor its employees' electronic communications. To avoid liability under laws related to employee monitoring, Network should announce the monitoring to

a. no one. b. the employees. c. the government. d. the public generally.

The management of Sweet Soft Drinks Corporation, a U.S. firm, wants to expand into foreign investment and employment markets. They are considering ei¬ther opening their own production facility in a foreign country or enter¬ing into a licensing agreement with a foreign firm. What are the advan-tages and disadvantages of each of these courses of action?