1. Explain why it is a leader's responsibility to "contain" anxiety in an organization. Why do you believe this is important?
2. As a senior consultant for eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist, what strategic process improvements would you recommend to their boards of directors? What are some possible organizational barriers to implementing these valuable competitive processes?
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of top-down budgeting and bottom-up budgeting. Provide examples of the application of each type of budgeting.