Scenario E: Aspen Integrated Marketing used to have a strict hierarchical structure,with information given only to those who required it.The new chief executive officer,however,set up a flat organizational structure that eliminates barriers to information flow.Information that was previously available to managers alone is now given to employees as well.He also assigned mentors to new employees to help them in their jobs and enable them to perform better.
-The process by which mentors help new employees with their jobs and enable them to perform better is an example of
A)satisficing.
B)coaching.
C)reflecting.
D)filtering.
E)reinforcing.

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The process described in the scenario is coaching, as mentors are assigned to new employees to help them improve and perform better in their job. Satisficing refers to accepting a satisfactory solution instead of finding an optimal one, reflecting involves analyzing and evaluating past experiences, filtering involves screening or blocking certain information, and reinforcing involves strengthening a behavior through reward or punishment. None of these terms accurately describe the process of assigning mentors to new employees for job training and improvement.

Scenario E: Aspen Integrated Marketing Used to Have a Strict