Cultivating the patience to take new and different approaches when dealing with others who are different would require ________

The cost of an asset is $1,000,000, and its residual value is $290,000. Estimated useful life of the asset is five years. Calculate depreciation for the first year using the double-declining-balance method of depreciation

A) $284,000 B) $400,000 C) $200,000 D) $142,000

With a single-server model, increasing the capital-to-labor ratio will most likely:

A) increase the utilization of the server. B) have no effect on the operating characteristics because they are affected only by work-methods changes. C) decrease the probability that there are zero customers in the system at any time. D) decrease the average number of customers in the waiting line.