Anna: We need to decide already whether or not we want to move our manufacturing from the United

States to China. Jeff, have you made the final decision?

Jeff: There are pros and cons to moving it to China. I've been back and forth on this issue for months. I'm
of two minds.

Anna: Jeff, I know this is a tough call, but now is not the time to be wishy-washy. We need to make a
decision.

Lynn: That's right, and I recommend we bite the bullet and move our operations to China.

Anna: Or we could test the waters by moving 25 percent of our operations there.

Lynn: Good idea. That would give us the best of both worlds: we could reduce our risk, while starting to
enjoy some of the cost savings from lower-cost manufacturing.

Jeff: I agree with you that we should put a stake in the ground. Let's move a quarter of our operations to
China.

Lynn: Good call, Jeff!

Jeff: I hope I don't live to regret this decision.

Anna: You won't. My gut tells me we're doing the right thing.
Nearly every office has one: the brown nosier. He or she will do just about anything to win favor with
the boss. Here, Tony, Karen, and Nancy complain about their local brown nosier, Mitch.

Tony: I was just in a meeting with Mitch and Bill. Mitch said to Bill, "Bill, we're so lucky to have you as
our boss. You're such a great leader!"

Karen: He's up to his old tricks. He was trying to earn brownie points with Bill.

Nancy: Mitch has the reputation of being a yes man and a brown noser. He's an expert at kissing up.

Tony: Then he said to Bill, "Other people here don't appreciate you like I do!" Talk about trying to butter
up the boss!

Nancy: Yeah, and this time at our expense! He's just out for himself.

Karen: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world. Obviously he thinks this is the way to get ahead.

Tony: I guess it's one way to climb the corporate ladder. But I could never look at myself in the mirror
after behaving that way.

Karen: I'm not good at kissing up either. No wonder I've been in the same lousy position for 10 years!