Answer to Question 1
Some of the options available to organizations to help employees handle family and career simultaneously include day care assistance, flexible wok schedules and arrangements, compressed work weeks, job sharing, telecommuting, care assistance for elderly dependents, paid time off to care for family members who are ill, paid parental leave, keeping relocations to a minimum, giving a high priority to finding a position for a spouse within the company, and providing job search assistance to relocated spouses.
Answer to Question 2
Charismatic leaders tend to obtain high levels of employee performance in rapidly changing, threatening, or crisis situations. However, they may become a liability when the crisis is over. The charismatic leader's overwhelming self-confidence often becomes a liability. He or she is unable to listen to others, becomes uncomfortable when challenged by aggressive subordinates, and begins to hold an unjustifiable belief in his or her rightness on issues.
Lampreys (sometimes also called lamprey eels) are a family of jawless fish
A subculture of employees who work at a medical practice
Otter family
Effective communications skills are essential to the medical assistant’s career
The family described in Example Case 4