Answer questions #3 and #4. Provide an original, substantive initial post, answering each question with a 130-word paragraph.

3.) Assume you are the manager of a small firm that is de-pendent on a large manufacturing customer that uses the resource-dependence perspective. Put yourself in the position of the small firm, and describe what ac-tions you would take to survive and succeed. What actions would you take from the perspective of the large firm?

4.) Many managers today were trained under assumptions of adversarial relationships with other companies. Do you think operating as adversaries is easier or more dif-ficult than operating as partners with other companies?