Nicole, the general manager, decided that one of her first priorities should be to write job descriptions for her store managers. During Nicole's first few weeks on the job, one of her bosses, Jet, asked her, "Why are you breaking what I know to be part of the corporate standards and procedures?" Jet simply said that he was uninformed of the policy and that it was not a necessity of his position. Nicole realized that by using a job description, a set of criteria, and procedures that specified what needed to be done and how to execute it, the problem could be significantly minimized. Specify what Nicole has to do to fix this problem.

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Nicole, the general manager, decided that one of her first priorities should be to write job descriptions for her store managers. During Nicole's first few weeks on the job, one of her bosses, Jet, asked her, "Why are you breaking what I know to be part of the corporate standards and procedures?" Jet simply said that he was uninformed of the policy and that it was not a necessity of his position.

Nicole realized that by using a job description, a set of criteria, and procedures that specified what needed to be done and how to execute it, the problem could be significantly minimized.

Specify what Nicole has to do to fix this problem.

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